How COVID-19 is Affecting Zimbabwe’s Water Shortage
Zimbabweans living in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, usually wait up to four hours to fill their buckets at these shared boreholes. Waiting in queues of 300 to 400 people per borehole, social distancing and basic hygiene are forgotten in the pursuit of essential hydration.
When COVID-19 first hit Zimbabwe, CWA worked to prevent cross-contamination in the community boreholes by providing sanitation supplies. Chirarapasi was “tasked with sanitizing residents at boreholes,” who wait in line for their daily pail of water. When asked how the group was raising awareness for social distancing measures, Chirarapasi expounded on their efforts saying, “The first two days we were only using liquid soap[…] until a local councillor from [CWA] donated to us two litres of sanitizer.”
The CWA has used these “sanitation stations” since April 8, 2020, but “ran out of supplies after three days of use.” The group is now focusing on raising “awareness of good conduct on boreholes […] especially [concerning]social distancing,” until they can secure more supplies. To lower the number of people visiting the crowded boreholes, CWA has also started to work on fixing broken water pipes and boreholes to increase water source options throughout Harare.
Members of the CWA fill their days fixing rusted water valves, pumps and water meters. Since its conception, the CWA has built or restored nine water sources in Harare, providing clean water to one-fourth of the city’s population and decreasing the water shortage in Zimbabwe.
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Moreover, 10 million people must continue to go to boreholes to gather their water supply, filling their buckets with the same levers used by the people before them. If precautions lessen, there will be no resources available for citizens to clean their hands. Additionally, essential preventative supplies like masks and gloves are scarce. Many Zimbabweans must now ask themselves whether water or their health is more important.
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