Water scarcity in Central African Republic pushes millions to vulnerability

“This is the water my community has access to. This is inhuman.”
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ForAfrika and Sasol partner to strengthen food security, water access and livelihoods in Vilankulo, Mozambique

ForAfrika has signed a new partnership agreement with Sasol to improve food security, strengthen agricultural livelihoods and create new economic opportunities for communities in Vilankulo District, Inhambane Province. The partnership builds on a history of collaboration between ForAfrika and Sasol across Inhambane Province.
Roba Gabino fetches water at the Jaresso water scheme

Jaresso Kuita Village: Water scheme rehabilitation in Jaresso uplifts the life of a pregnant mother

Roba Gabino lives in rural Jaresso Kebele in Konso Zone, Ethiopia, with her husband, two children and expecting her third child. Before ForAfrika and Konso Development Association (KDA) rehabilitated and upgraded a water scheme in her community to solar, had to walk for hours to fetch water.

Mgbafea borehole ends long queues and long treks

Residents of Te-Got Village in Nwoya District struggled to access safe water until ForAfrika recently constructed a borehole. Prior to this intervention, tragedy struck when two children drowned while fetching water from an unprotected well.

Jaresso Kuita Kebele’s bright solution for clean drinking water

It is seething hot as Roba Gabino, aged 25, married and a mother of two children, treks the one-kilometre journey to Jaresso Kuita Kebele borehole. On average, she makes three trips to the water point, and a round trip takes her 30 minutes, if there are no queues at the taps. Her family uses 120 litres a day.
Chacha posing near the borehole that ForAfrika repaired. Chacha and the community are now enjoying safe water

Hope flows again in Bebuzen 

The sound of clean water flowing from a repaired borehole is a relief for Chacha James Abanga. Chacha, a 34-year-old mother of five from Bebuzen in Pibor County, South Sudan, remembers when finding water shaped every part of her day.
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Gisenyi’s wait for safe water is nearing an end

65-year-old Cecile Musabyemariya is one of the many residents of Gisenyi, Rwanda who make two to three trips a day to fetch water, with each trip taking one to two hours depending on waiting time at the source.
Ahla Maktar

Flowing hope, relief and recovery in Wedwiel

When Ahla Muktar arrived at Wedwiel Refugee Settlement in October 2025 after fleeing conflict in Sudan, her greatest concern was how she would safely care for her children.
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Water committee sets example for sustaining water infrastructure

Access to clean water has become a major turning point for rural Jaresso, where community members once spent hours walking long distances each day just to collect the water they needed to survive. ForAfrika in partnership with Konso Development Association (KDA), through a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project, is now providing safe water to more than 2,000 households.
Sorobo Watershed Youth Group transplanting forest tree seedlings

Collective community effort improves watershed and boosts livelihoods

In recent years, environmental challenges have become a major concern in Konso, situated in southwestern region of Ethiopia’s Southern Nations. The area faces numerous barriers including land degradation, soil erosion, deforestation, desertification, loss of biodiversity, and recurrent droughts, all of which contribute to reduced productivity and ongoing food shortages.