A Year Later: Gardening Project Relieves Financial Burdens!

Student Sarah Khavakali, 21, shared what Musa Mmasi Shikwe Spring was like before it was protected last year.

"Initially, it was an open place [where] one could even fall in the water. Also, droppings of birds and animals could be seen in the water and later [during] use. Also, [the] collection was not that easy, sometimes leading to collecting dirty water."

But since the protection things have been different. Sarah continued, "[It is] easy to collect water now, unlike before, where I could come from school and find water dirtied by small kids, and this made me not complete my house chores on time. I now go to school knowing that I will be able to come from school and wash my clothes and also bathe."

Since Sarah has easier access to water, she has started a gardening project that she uses to supplement her income and relieve her parents of some financial burdens.

She shared, "I now plant vegetables watering them with the water. It has made my venture into business, whereby I am selling vegetables in my community, bringing capital I use to cater for my own basic needs instead of relying on my parents for everything."