15 Hand pumps / Water Wells in Thar

Qidwai Welfare Trust in partnership with Penny Appeals recently completed 15 water wells in the Thar Desert.

Tharparkar district (Thar Desert) is spread over 22,000 square kilometers with a population of around one million. The district is ranked as the most food-insecure by the World Food Program of Pakistan’s 120 districts. More than 90% people of the district live in around 2,000 villages. More than 80% of people’s livelihood is dependent on precarious rain-fed agriculture and livestock.

Due of the lack of clean drinking water, children are especially vulnerable to water-borne diseases such as diarrhea, dehydration, worm infections, typhoid, and hepatitis etc. Some of these diseases have long term effects on lives.

Here are a few photo’s of our Hand pumps / Water Wells in Thar:-