Our partnership with United Action for Children (UAC) Cameroon

The Jamadianle Nursery and primary school are located in Buea Municipality, located at the foot of Mount Cameroon within the Buitingi village with a population of over 2,500 people. With the village struggling with chronic water shortages, during the dry season, people, especially children, travel long distances looking for drinking water at distant water points. These water points are natural holes or pools or shallow dug wells that are not protected from pollutants such as tree leaves, rubbish, or animals, and even in the rainy season the water is often still contaminated. As a result, children and the rest of the community members are regularly infected with many waterborne diseases.

One Day’s Wages partnered with UAC Cameroon to drill a deep water borehole well at the Jamadianle Nursery and Primary school. This well provided 2,480 community members access to abundant, clean water year-round. Additionally, UAC constructed 10 sinks and 13 taps for washing pools. These water points gave beneficiaries the capability to keep up with proper hygiene practices such as hand washing, bathing after Physical Education classes, and a safe place for women and girls to utilize at school, especially during menstruation. The well and water access points increased attendance rates for children in school, decreased the risk of contracting waterborne diseases, and provided clean water for the whole community.