Muslim Charity’s Safe Water programme has as its mission to help transform the lives of people through the provision of safe drinking water and in Faradero this mission will soon be achieved through the generosity of UK donors. Muslim Charity’s Country Director of Somalia, Shaykh Adam Hassan, commented, “The farmers and pastoralists have to search long and hard for small amounts of water, we used to dig a well; we dug really deep but we failed to find water, now the water borehole will help in ending the woes of the communities.” Faradero, also called Faradheere, is located in the region of Togdheer, Somaliland, with an estimated mortality rate of 114 per 1000 births. The area is populated by pastoral community and lacks fresh water. Every day women, men and children have to travel around 7-10 miles for bringing water even if it is brown and riddled with bacteria and deadly diseases like cholera.
