The taps are back: clean water flows again for 500 neighbours in Tonji

For two months, the people of Tonji in Wulu County fetched water from unsafe sources after their borehole broke down — the next working one was about 20 kilometres (about 12 miles) away. Now the pump is fixed. The Network for Emergency and Global Rescue Organization, a local aid group, repaired the borehole with support from Generation Without Borders, a partner organisation in Vietnam, and clean water is flowing again for more than 500 people. The same water point serves Tonji Primary School and its pupils, and a nearby health clinic. A community water committee is being set up to look after the pump, and residents are already talking about the small vegetable gardens that reliable water could make possible.

SDG 6 · Clean water and sanitation — Mechanism: infrastructure build