The water project Pictures: Mats Lagergren ……………………….. Partner Church in Zimbabwe

2 The drought is severe and a dry river bed meets visitors to Manama.

1 … but there is fresh water just 2 metres below the dry surface.

It is important to keep the pumping station clean so as to be able to identify leaks early.

3 Conversation with doctors and administrators at one of the facilities.

Charles Mazeko is maintenance engineer and can note that the water is flowing and that here the water is practically clean as it has been filtered through sand.

After a while the water reached the huge tanks at their respective hospital.

Charles Mazeko notes that the water coming from the pipe is clean.

The electronic equipment on the pressure tank needs a roof to shield it from the sun.

The water passes through a number of filters, including those with activated carbon, and finally through ultra violet light to ensure that it is thoroughly clean.

Charles Mazeko explains to one of the doctors how the water is purified.

Careful documentation is very important in order to be able to follow developments and to be able to raise the alarm is anything differs from the normal.

6 In case of a power cut the reserve generator switches on automatically. Since small power cuts happen often it is necessary to have a slight delay built in.

Doctors and administrators from the four hospitals in Manama, Masase, Musume and Mnene have a meeting to talk over shared issues regarding the water project.

7 Thando Ncube is a doctor at the hospital in Masase and he knows what it means to have access to clean water.

8 Careful instructions show in detail how the different elements of the water purification facility work.

5 The residual water is used to water crops and is therefore put to use a once again.