Communities benefit from borehole drilling initiative in Zimbabwe

STORY: Communities benefit from borehole drilling initiative in Zimbabwe DATELINE: Aug. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:55 LOCATION: Harare CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. shots of residents fetching water 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): THUBELIHLE KESWA, School student 3. shots of residents fetching water 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (SHONA): NORMAN CHAKAUYA, School student 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (SHONA): SABINA CHIUYA, Local resident 6. shots of residents walking carrying water buckets STORYLINE: At a community borehole in Glen View, a high-density low-income township west of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, scores of residents, mostly women and children, gathered to collect water. The borehole is part of a Presidential Borehole Drilling Project that was initiated by Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa earlier this year to provide clean water to urban residents. Under the project, the Harare metropolitan region is expected to get over 200 solar-powered boreholes. Other cities will also benefit from the project. Prior to the government inter

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