Delta Corporation has renovated a classroom block at Chitenderano Primary School and funded a solar-powered borehole to help the Nyahunda, Bikita community have better access to safe drinking water.
Delta Corporation donated $10,000, for the solar borehole project at Nyahunda Small Scale Farms in Bikita. More than 5,000 people will benefit from the borehole, 500 of whom are students at Tagona Secondary and Chitenderano Primary Schools. In addition, the company spent USD 15,000 renovating a teacher’s house, a classroom block, and schoolchildren’s restrooms after the country’s October 2023 heavy rains destroyed the buildings’ roofs.
The project, which was initiated in late 2017 and is aimed at improving the community of Nyahunda, Tagona and Chitenderano Schools’ access to clean water and proper sanitation, will also help to slow the spread of the ongoing cholera outbreak.
Prior to the harmonized elections in August 2023, the ZEC polling officers were able to train in these schools.
Due to people using tainted and unclean water, Bikita frequently experiences water shortages and typhoid and diarrhea outbreaks.
The goal of the Bikita water project is to supply the most vulnerable communities with clean, safe water.
Patricia Murambinda, the General Manager – Corporate Affairs for Delta Corporation Limited said, “this project has enabled us to take a step towards empowering communities to fight against the cholera pandemic, while delivering on the vital human need, of access to water. The provision of the solarized borehole will alleviate climate change induced water shortages in rural areas housing some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the country, which has been made possible through a generous grant from Delta.”
“The refurbishment of the classroom block, a teacher’s house and ablution facilities aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. We are encouraged that this project has acted as a catalyst for alumni and former learners to participate in community projects. Some of them have recently teamed up to rehabilitate a borehole at the Ngorima Clinic which is catering for increased cholera cases.”
