18 May 2021
Market women come to fill their basins, neighbours to fetch water for their tea, children frolic as they rehydrate themselves. Thanks to UNICEF and its partners, a solar-operated water reservoir, a water distribution ramp with four taps and four hand-washing stations were built, providing the market with drinking water seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
UNICEF Mali/2021/Crenn
This change is very much appreciated by the residents of the neighbourhood and the traders like Bintou Youssouf, a friendly chicken seller: I live a distance of 3 kilometres from the market and I come here very early every morning with my chickens. These water points have made a lot of things easier for us, we wet the ground to prevent the dust that was making life difficult for us, but I can also refresh myself and the chickens.