QC drills wells to provide drinking water in Mauritania

Qatar Charity (QC) has announced that it has implemented a new project that involves drilling an artesian well to benefit 6,000 people living in Hodh El Gharbi, a region in southern Mauritania.
The artesian well, equipped with solar-powered pumps, has been drilled in Kotwal village in Tintane, located some 700km away from the capital,
Nouakchott.
Idris al-Sahel, director of the QC office in Nouakchott, said the well is currently benefiting about 6,000 people who were in desperate need of drinking water. QC gives priority to areas where there is a dearth of services and facilities offered by
different organisations.
The artesian well project includes a water tower built of reinforced concrete and with a capacity of 15 cubic metres. A floating pump has also been installed.
Further, a reinforced concrete water tank with a capacity of 6 cubic metres has been built for proving water to livestock, QC said in a statement.
Qatar Charity has also begun drilling another artesian well at Em Lehiad Municipality in Hodh El Gharbi region and it will be equipped with a solar-powered pump and a large water tank to serve 4,000 people. The total cost of these two wells is
approximately QR600,000.
The QC office in Mauritania has completed drilling and equipping five groundwater wells in Nouakchott at a cost of QR225,000. “Thousands of people will take advantage of these wells, particularly those who live in the villages of Satol, Amoura and Takvit in Tararzh tegion, in addition to the villages of Dobounka and Abonde in Brakna region,” the statement noted.
Previous projects carried out by QC included building an artesian well in Katawan village (Hodh Ech Chargui region), equipped with a large water tank and a solar-powered pump to serve about 4,000 people.