“Seasonal farming is agricultural that prevents me from achieving my goals because the problem of lack of reliable water makes me unable to fulfill and achieve the goals, I set for myself, this is due to farming using the rain that falls season after season” the words of Nshoma (Not her real name).
For the last 5 years, we have been doing vegetable farming depending on the seasonal rains, this has led to a period when the rain stops, we have been going through a difficult period because the income we get during the rainy season cannot be sufficient to be used also when the rainy season is over and so leading to living a difficult life if it is Along with going through the challenges of harassment from our men, the environment we live in, failing to serve the family if it is Along with providing it with the necessary needs and thus making us sit and wait for another rainy season to start so we find ourselves increasingly weakened in a heavy wave of poverty in every sphere.
Drilling a well is a sufficient solution for us to get rid of this challenge of relying on the water during the rainy season because the presence of this large well with the ability to provide a lot of water to meet our needs is a good solution for us. The presence of this dug as well as its various infrastructures such as modern water pumps, the presence of a water storage tank, the electrical system, and the management of this project will eliminate this problem of us, as a mothers farming by relying on rainwater only.
In general, the presence of this well in our community is a great contribution to achieving our success in various life aspect, these including economic, social, and even for our development. A total of 50 mothers (women) will be able to benefit from this modern well project and this will lead to employment opportunities for various groups around our society. Through this well will make us mothers to be able to farm all the time without getting stuck or stopping due to lack of water, but this well makes us able to grow vegetables without limit and this allows us to produce quality and marketable products because we depend on this farming. The (women) mothers were able to say that the results of this project will increase the income of each person and lead to have a strong economy and being capable to obtaining basic needs, increasing other sources of income, improving the quality of life, promoting and strengthening the household economy and development in general. “Minza (not her real name) added by saying that we are very grateful for the help we got because the benefits we will get here are not for us but for our community, our families and our life as a whole because we were doing horticulture for some time if water is available but for now we can do it within any time we see fit to do farming without waiting for the availability of water.
This project gives a wide range for these (women) mothers to be able to increase their income individually and even for the group as a whole and this will also affect the family level because that is where changes will occur if it is Along with increasing the family’s income from a certain level to a certain level, the ability of the family to be able to get important social services, including food, shelter, health services, and other important services according to the future of each person’s life. But it also provides an opportunity to expand and have a greater production capacity and also to be able to find other markets for selling products from the garden.
