Skip to content
June 20, 2025
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Art & Ent
  • Religion
  • Watch LIVE

Block TV News

News and Entertainment

cropped-filters_quality90-1.webp
Primary Menu
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Art & Ent
  • Religion
  • Watch LIVE
Watch Live
  • Home
  • 2023
  • January
  • 16
  • Women still find it hard as Fatako battles water shortage
  • News

Women still find it hard as Fatako battles water shortage

blocktvgambia January 16, 2023
Women still find it hard as Fatako battles water shortage

According to residents, the village of Fatako in the Upper River Region’s Jimara District has struggled with a lack of water for nearly two years.Women still find it hard as Fatako battles water shortage

The community, which has about 350 people living there, has been having trouble getting portable water from an open well that has ropes tied to containers and a broken, old hand pump that people say is not clean enough for people to drink.

Diss track by Shakira breaks Latin YouTube viewing records

The alkalo (head) of Fatako Village, Wussi Jankor, appealed to the government, NGOs, and Samaritans for assistance.

We have been experiencing a water supply shortage for the past two years. We get our water from an open well and an old hand pump, both of which are not very clean and can spread diseases that could be harmful to our health, he stated.

He stated, “We really need intervention for the provision of a possible borehole that could serve my community.” Because we are really feeling the pinch, especially our women, who are waiting in lines to get their families water, which isn’t even drinkable.

The alkalo emphasized, “However, we have no choice as this is our only source.”

The community women’s leader, Fatoumata Nyabaly, said that the women have been in pain all along. She said that they have to walk a long distance carrying heavy pans of water from the open well, which hurts a lot.

Continue Reading

Previous: Diss track by Shakira breaks Latin YouTube viewing records
Next: Gambia among highest recipients of remittance

Related Stories

FB_IMG_1750419878235
  • News

His Excellency President Adama Barrow Delivers 2025 State of the Nation Address

blocktvgambia June 20, 2025
InShot_20250619_224827190
  • News

Foni Bintang NAM says President’s SONA address lacks concrete plans to tackle Gambia’s pressing challenges.

blocktvgambia June 19, 2025
FB_IMG_1750320877805
  • News

Finance Minister Highlights Energy and Economic Growth at the Chief Economists of Government Annual Forum 2025

blocktvgambia June 19, 2025

You may have missed

FB_IMG_1750419878235
  • News

His Excellency President Adama Barrow Delivers 2025 State of the Nation Address

blocktvgambia June 20, 2025
InShot_20250619_224827190
  • News

Foni Bintang NAM says President’s SONA address lacks concrete plans to tackle Gambia’s pressing challenges.

blocktvgambia June 19, 2025
FB_IMG_1750320877805
  • News

Finance Minister Highlights Energy and Economic Growth at the Chief Economists of Government Annual Forum 2025

blocktvgambia June 19, 2025
FB_IMG_1750278386104
  • News

Beakanyang trains metal workers in Wuli Taibatou on cooking stoves making

blocktvgambia June 18, 2025
Copyright © All rights reserved. Block TV Gambia | MoreNews by AF themes.