Foya, Kolahun residents search for water in old, abandoned wellsWidespread and acute water shortages continue to affect the densely populated districts of Foya and Kolahun in Lofa County. “We have sought for safe drinking water in old, abandoned wells, small ponds and streams in efforts to relieve stress caused by the lack of access to safe drinking water,” Francis Nyumah Tamba said. Residents of the area, it was recently observed, wake up as early as 4:30 a.m. to fetch safe drinking water from the dilapidated hand pumps, wells, ponds and streams. In Foya City, residents said that the government should make concrete commitment to provide pipe-borne water to rural communities. In a statement regarding the grave water hardship, Madam Cecelia T. Hallie of City Mayor of Foya City told the Daily Observer that a few months ago, prominent international non-governmental organization, Samaritan’s Purse, expressed interest in the provision of safe drinking water for the growing population of Foya City.

Source: Daily Observer April 24, 2019 13:47 UTC