Residents of Zimbabwe’s Mavilla Banda Village battled a dire water crisis. Sipho Mlanga, a 54-year-old engineer, shared: “There was no place for us to collect safe water. Our main water source was a well we dug ourselves, but this water was greasy, muddy, and tasted bad. Drinking it made us sick, but we had no choice. Our only alternative was hand-dug wells shared with animals and local wildlife.” [read more]