Doha: Qatar Charity (QC) has implemented water and sanitation projects in Mali.
The projects come within the framework of QC’s ongoing efforts to support regions suffering a severe shortage of drinking water and targeted the regions of Koulikoro, Ciego and Mopti.
Wells were built in Nangusegu, Dgopala, Soufara, Cuima and Krango villages where a large number of poor and marginalised people were provided with access to safe drinking water at a cost of about QR150,000.
The wells are 18-metre to 60-metre deep, providing over three cubic metres of water per hour, and benefitting the villages and their surrounding areas, where residents were in dire need of clean, safe water, a lack of which leads to diseases and deaths.
Through these projects, QC aims to contribute to the reduction of the spread of diseases and epidemics and the wells were accompanied by a health awareness campaign, promoting the importance of water and its impact on health.
The projects are expected to significantly improve the health status of the local population.
The projects were delivered to residents in the presence of a large number of people, including local religious figures, imams of local mosques, elders, mayors, heads of villages and other officials, women’s and youth groups and beneficiaries.
Guests expressed joy at the establishment of such a vital and important project at this difficult time and praised QC’s role in alleviating the suffering of the people of Mali, particularly in relation to the provision of water. QC carried out many water projects and built a mosque and clinics, benefiting 15,000 people from many villages.
The mosque was built in Otabogo village in Koulikoro, benefitting some 1,600 people, the clinic in Tibana village in the same area is benefitting 12,000 people, and an artesian well was drilled in Connie Babogo village in Dogoduma, providing drinking water for 450 families. The projects cost about QR175,000, benefiting around 15,000 needy people.
A further batch of projects were carried out in the areas of economic empowerment and the provision of potable water, benefitting thousands from the neediest groups.
The projects were launched by Jassim Abdullah Jassim, Adviser and Representative of the QC CEO, during a visit to Mali, where he was briefed on QC Office’s activities, implementation of income-generating projects, including ownership of sheep and sewing machines, and the drilling of an artesian well.
QC opened a school and a mosque in Ngba Cordora and continues to carry out developmental and cultural projects.
The Peninsula
