RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINA AIDED BOREHOLE

RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINA AIDED BOREHOLE

(220507) -- KIGALI, May 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese staff members check the water quality of a borehole in Gatsibo district, Eastern Province, Rwanda, on April 11, 2022. Thousands of residents in eastern Rwanda once did not have easy access to clean and safe water due to recurrent drought. In the Rwinkwavu area in Kayonza district, Eastern Province, for instance, residents were forced to walk long distances to reach the nearest clean water source. Water woes are now a thing of the past, thanks to a China-funded 200-borehole drilling project mostly focused on addressing water scarcity in the province. The drilling project, contracted by construction and engineering giant China Geo-Engineering Corporation (CGC), has been tested and commissioned following its recent completion, benefiting 110,000 people. (Photo by Huang Wanqing/Xinhua)

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