Skip to content
July 18, 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.

About the Author

blocktvgambia

Administrator

Author's posts

Continue Reading

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

Related Stories

FB_IMG_1752866301880
  • News

𝐕𝐏 𝐉𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢

blocktvgambia July 18, 2025
IMG-20250718-WA0003
  • News

DG Mboob Calls on Governor Samba Bah of URR

blocktvgambia July 18, 2025
FB_IMG_1752840037028
  • News

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐣𝐢𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞

blocktvgambia July 18, 2025

You may have missed

FB_IMG_1752866301880
  • News

𝐕𝐏 𝐉𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢

blocktvgambia July 18, 2025
IMG-20250718-WA0003
  • News

DG Mboob Calls on Governor Samba Bah of URR

blocktvgambia July 18, 2025
FB_IMG_1752840037028
  • News

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐣𝐢𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞

blocktvgambia July 18, 2025
FB_IMG_1752762470580
  • News

Banjul Executive Coordinator highlights the traditional joking relationship as a perfect peace mechanism

blocktvgambia July 17, 2025
Copyright © All rights reserved. Block TV Gambia | MoreNews by AF themes.