Story of the Week: Water scarcity
For eight-year-old Jackson Ngabonziza of Rugarama Cell, Nyamirambo Sector in Nyarugenge District, a one-kilometre trek for water from a drainage system in Rwarutabura Village had become routine, after water taps in his neighbourhood dried up seven months ago.
Saturday, November 08, 2014
For eight-year-old Jackson Ngabonziza of Rugarama Cell, Nyamirambo Sector in Nyarugenge District, a one-kilometre trek for water from a drainage system in Rwarutabura Village had become routine, after water taps in his neighbourhood dried up seven months ago.
But on October 30, he tripped and drowned in a flooded drainage contrary to earlier reports that he was washed away from home. Timothy Kisambira and John Mbanda visited this treacherous spot and found children fetching water oblivious of the dangers.
15-year-old Jérôme Gatsinzi down the drainage channel.
A child lifts a jerrycan of water from down the stream.
Children walk home with jerrycans full of water.
Rwarutabura residents fetch water from the channel as children play downstream.
Residents of Rugarama in Nyamirambo gather at the home where Jackson Ngabonziza lived with his mother.