Boreholes in Kontonho and Anyankamamu
Borehole at Kontonho
In February 2024, we were making good progress with the
school and teacher accommodation in Kontonho, but we realised the work would not really be complete unless the school children and teachers had access to water. Kontonho gets its water from a stream about 30 minutes walk away. Building a borehole seems very justified; it will serve the community as well as the school children and the teachers.
The borehole was completed in March. The photo here shows it
enthusiastically in use, and its location in relation to the school
(left building) and the teacher accommodation (right).
These photos show the borehole in various stages of development. First, the site, and then the drilling machine. Next, the water quality testing being done, and the community benefiting from water for the first time even though the pump hasn’t been fitted yet. Then, fitting the pump.
Borehole at Anyankamamu
Anyankamamu is a community between Aframano and Kofiase, and we were introduced by Kwasi. It is similar to Kontonho; the buildings are very poor, the location very remote, but the people are warm and friendly and welcoming. One cannot go there by car, because the path is too narrow, but Evans took Mark on his motorbike. It’s about 10m by bike from Anyakammu, so walking to school probably takes most of an hour, especially if you are carrying water which you would have to since there was no water in Anyahkamamu.
At the time of their request for a borehole, Anyankamamu got its water from the Abena stream, 3 miles, 40 minutes there and 60m back, so almost two hours round trip. They proposed to site the borehole by the Kobedu junction (where the path forks), which is reasonably accessible by the 300 people in the community (all scattered). That is about 5 minutes walk from where we met.
The photos show the borehole being drilled, and then in use. The final photo is a picture of the community members assembling to thank us for our work.
