Water FIrst Initiative

THE PROBLEM

SOCOBA children and young people are the unintended inheritors of disease, poverty, and disability. Exacerbating these hardships, Mabule Village is facing a water crisis due to contamination to the main village water supply (Borehole) leaving many without consistent and accessible clean water.

HOW YOU CAN SOLVE THIS CRISIS

Through the support of our donors and partners, we have the potential to provide a regular supply of quality water for drinking and agriculture, and take this tremendous burden off their backs. In collaboration with our team and the community at large, we aim to purchase and install a borehole to be utilized by those who need access to clean water the most.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

Backing our water initiative will be an exemplary investment resulting in widespread impact, and will enable the most disadvantaged and underserved in Mabule in numerous ways:

• Increase in school attendance;

• Create equal opportunities for young girls to stay in school and not have to miss school to fetch water;

• Reinvigorate small agricultural enterprises and self-sustaining crop growing resulting in notable economic and social advantages for the community and Botswana as a whole;

• Food security and safe water and sanitation will reduce incidences of diarrhea, food-borne illnesses, and dehydration, especially in children under 5 years;

• Improvements in health and hygiene will keep young people in school, ready to learn and reduce stigma and discrimination amongst the neediest;

• Enhance the quality of life of hundreds of at-risk young people and their families.