After the excitement of the Royal visit, it was back to normal life for WaterAid in Tanzania. Today we visited a water source in Nyambwela street, in the Temeke district of Dar Es Salaam.The electric pump in Nyambwela supplies safe, clean water to around 5,500 people and was installed by WaterAid in 2009 to replace an old hand-pump. The new borehole feeds two 10,000l tanks and ten public taps.
Street chairman, Mouss Bahali told me that the local community has formed a water commitee to manage the source and employ water vendors to sell the water at 25 Tanzanian shillings (TSH) a bucket.
Water committee chairman Ali Shaban added that this gives the vendors a livelihood - around 500TSH a day - and generates funds for the commitee to cover the running costs of the source.
The commitee hopes to generate enough money to increase the number of distribution points around the street.
WaterAid's partner in Temeke, Water, Health, Education and Community Development (WAHECO), supports the water committee with training and providing engineers to maintain the pump.
(Right) Photographer Jake Lyell sets up a photograph of children collecting water
(Left) The neighbours watch proceedings and help keep passers by out of the photos.
(Right) There's no shortage of volunteers to be in the next picture.
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