Wells in Muketuri and at the Metahara Health Center
Muketuri (Wuchale Woreda) and Metahara (East Shewa), Oromia region (Ethiopia)
Around 842 people from 120 families in Muketuri. In Metahara, the patients of the health center, which sees around 150 people a day.
2023-2024
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The story behind the project
Well and hand pump in Muketuri
With Fundación Jorge Santafé Maibach, we drilled a safe water well in a rural community in Muketuri, on land the community gave for shared use. It has a hand pump and serves around 842 people from 120 families. A community Water Committee runs it and collects a small monthly fee to maintain the well.
Well and solar pump at the Metahara health center
In Metahara we drilled a second well, with a solar-powered pump, at the health center run by the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady. The center suffered water cuts that made it hard to keep the facilities clean; now it has its own supply for its patients, around 150 a day.
