Clean Water in Ethiopia’s Rural Communities

Community water hole shared with cattle (Photo courtesy of AEID)

Many Ethiopian rural communities don’t have access to clean drinking water. Usually their main source of water is found in distant wells, springs and water holes often shared with animals. In collaboration with the Afro Ethiopian Integrated Development agency, DADF has worked to provide hand-dug wells and, recently, machine-dug deeper wells to more than 500 families in various communities. AEID’s expertise in building wells and training communities to maintain them and keep clean water flowing have been instrumental to achieve this.

Used drilling machine for deep wells (Photo courtesy of AEID)
Potable water in Aman Terara, Ethiopia (Photo courtesy of AEID)
Clean water in abundance (Photos courtesy of AEID)

Distribution of Grants

Grants by Region 1991-2010

Guatemala

40%

Latin America

42%

USA

11%

Outside Latin America

7%

Pie Chart, Guatemala 40%, Latin America 42%, USA 11%, Other countries 7%

Type of Projects 1991-2010

Other

13%

Health

18%

Income Generation

27%

Photography/Arts

11%

Education

31%

pie chart Other 13%,Health 18%,Income Generation 27%,Photography/Arts 11%,Eduction 31%

Lote 8 community, El Estor, Guatemala

Mayan Q’eqchi’ villagers gather in January 2016 in the community they are re-building. In 2007, private security guards, soldiers and police burned 100 homes to the ground and shot at and beat community members as part of an illegal, forced eviction on behalf of Canadian mining companies. (Photo courtesy of Rights Action)