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Clean Water Drilling Wells

May 27, 2023

Africa and Bangladesh, where millions of people in Africa are forced to drink. Contaminated and unsafe water due to lack of potable water resulting in an increase in the number of Deaths due to diseases associated with malnutrition and the use of contaminated water.

For this reason, IRO is making great efforts for the well drilling project and providing clean water to alleviate their suffering in both Africa and Bangladesh by implementing the manual drilling project, artesian wells and solar energy in different regions especially in the Gambia, Senegal and Bangladesh.

Drilling wells and solar energy in Gambia

Manual drilling and artesian wells

Manual drilling and artesian wells in Bangladesh

Restoring Life to Gaza: Providing Safe Drinking Water for Families in Need

Gaza has long suffered from a double water crisis, represented by: the lack of safe drinking water and the lack of sanitation services. In addition, more than 108,000 cubic meters of untreated wastewater flows daily from Gaza into the Mediterranean Sea, which poses severe public health risks in Gaza. The population of Gaza is two million people – half of them are children. Gaza gets only 5% of the water supply from Israel. The main source of water for Gaza is the coastal aquifer, but the over-extraction of groundwater leads to rapid depletion of the water as people have no other choice.

Worse still, only 4% of groundwater is suitable for drinking due to pollution and seawater intrusion, and the rest must be purified and desalinated to make it drinkable. As for the cost of water, it is exceptionally high, reaching (about 7 $) per cubic meter, and in order to alleviate their suffering, the International Relief Organization IRO bought a significant amount of potable water and distributed it to poor families.