A million refugees urgently need shelter, food and water
From Lake Kivu to taps: water for over 45,000 displaced Congolese
To provide water to over 45,000 displaced Congolese in the Bulengo Camp, in DRC, Oxfam set up a water piping system to pump water straight from Lake Kivu, into two 70,000-liter holding tanks, and then to the taps. We completed the new system in just six weeks.
This new system helps meet the daily water needs of the IDPs and helps preventing water-borne diseases like cholera.
We have been responding to humanitarian needs near Goma, in DRC, since July 2012, providing water and sanitation to displaced people that have fled the fighting, as well as protection services, and delivering food programs in some camps.
Photos: Eddy Mbuyi/Oxfam
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The water is pumped from Lake Kivu to Bulengo camp.
Through a system of hundreds of meters of pipes, water is pumped directly to the tanks.
Thanks to a gravity-based system, the water is pumped into the tanks. Each tank contains 70.000 liters of water. Each tank is filled twice a day.
The water is chlorinated and checked before being sent to the taps. The Oxfam team set up the water piping and storage system in just six weeks.
Florence has been displaced from Masisi region and now works for Oxfam – she is in charge of the chlorination system.
The water is then sent to pipes...
...all the way to the taps.
Michel is one of the 45,000 residents of Bulengo Camp. Clean water is vital, not only to respond to basic needs but also to prevent water-borne diseases like cholera.
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