QRCS digs several wells in Chad

9/14/2015 2:05:37 AM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)Chadians crowd near a well dug by Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) in Moussoro. The wells have helped alleviate water crisis in poor towns and districts of the African nation.

DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has completed a project to dig several surface water wells in Chad to provide drinking water for poor local communities.

The QR99225 project was undertaken in partnership with Chad’s Albir Charitable Association under an MoU signed in 2012.

The project involved digging and equipping nine fenced surface water wells annexed with cattle troughs in several poor towns and districts located 6km to 85km from Moussoro.

All digging and construction works have been completed and tens of thousands of people have begun using clean drinking water which helps preserve their dignity and alleviate the impact of potable water scarcity.

The work was coordinated with licensed water well drilling contractors to ensure quality and sustainability. If not maintained properly water wells can become useless within months.

The drilled water wells are deep enough and lined with high-quality bricks thus ensuring longer use for more locals and livestock.

The opening ceremony was attended by a number of officials and local community leaders. The Mayor of Moussoro Issa Abdel-Rahman said “On behalf of the government of Chad I would like to thank QRCS for its work here since 2013. Year after year QRCS has become renowned for its blessed efforts in Chad. Now we have inaugurated a significant water well drilling project in BarhAl Gazel Region.” According to Youssef Mohamed Abbas Chairman of Albir Charitable Association the Chadian people suffer from a water crisis even in major cities like N’Djamena (the capital) and Abéché.

He urged QRCS to continue supporting water projects in the country in order to fight droughts and water shortages help poor people in need of pure water and reduce serious water-borne diseases such as cholera.

“Many towns and areas” he emphasised “still have no water wells. Some towns are located 10km or more from the nearest water well.”

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