Mahashe is challenged with the lack of water. They harvest rain water whevever possible, but it is never enough and with the dry season it is next to impossible. A well would not only supply much needed drinking water but will supplement their feeding scheme through a vegetable garden.
Mahashe Secondary School is forging ahead and doing their best despite the hard circumstances forced upon them. With neat and tidy school grounds, and passionate educators, the water issue is a topical one at the school-and they have high hopes of expanding their vegetable garden should they receive sustainable access to water.Their garden is layed out, and fertilized but because there is not permanent access to water, they are not always able to water the garden sufficiently to grow vegetables.
By having an adequate and a reliable water source the children will have clean water to drink, better hygiene and vegetable gardens to supplement their nutrition.
The community will have water for the vegetable garden to supplement the children and also the local village. The school will become self-sustainable by supplementing their expenses by selling excess vegetables. The immediate village has approximately 500 people.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
