Oxfam in Pakistan - Hand pump scheme in Kishingi
Case study last updated in December 2004
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Children can now fetch water, relieving the workload of
their mothers. Credit: Mumtaz Zehri Watsant/Oxfam
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In Mohammad Hassan village near Nushki in western Pakistan, women
used to have to walk 5 to 6 kilometres every day to collect the
water supplies their families needed. Oxfam's Drought Response Programme
has been installing water facilities, such as hand pumps, to help
bring water closer to their homes.
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Jamal Khatoon tells her terrible story of fetching water
from 6 km away. Credit: Mumtaz Zehri Watsant/Oxfam |
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Forty two year old Jamal Khatoon is married with four daughters
and two sons. She used to get up at 6.00am every day and walk to
a spring six kilometres from the village up in the mountains to
collect water.
"I was the only one to wake up in the early morning and prepare
my donkey to fetch 80 litres of water for my family. Then I started
back towards my house where I prepared lunch for my family and looked
after my children. The water collection was very difficult and when
I reached home my children were weeping from hunger and it crushed
my spirit.
"The new Oxfam pump has made me very happy and I thank God
that my burden has been lifted and now my children can fetch water
in 20 minutes and I have enough time to do my other household activities.
"I urge Oxfam to continue their water schemes because Nushki
has many more women forced to spend much of their time collecting
water when they should be looking after their families."
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