What does it feel like to be on-the-ground and in-the-ground?
Hand-dug wells are a central feature to MWA programs. Community members help dig trenches for water and sanitation lines, and dig the wells. Men, women, and even older women spend hours digging in the ground to create change. When community members do their own digging, an authentic sense of ownership of the project develops, and ongoing maintenance, care and security of the water system are easier.
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Technologies employed by Millennium Water Alliance members are the leading water technologies that exist on earth.
Often, poor families living in dry, drought-condition deserts, desperate for water, are sitting right on top of a clean water source – it’s just 50 feet below them.
Without drinkable water, anti-retrovirals to combat HIV/AIDS cannot be taken in poor countries. They need a cup of clean water to take the pills with. So, how is clean water linked to the fight against HIV?