Al-Qalam 
Africa Muslims Agency (AMA) is working tirelessly building water wells and boreholes in Malawi, Mozambique and Afghanistan, bringing hope to impoverished communities.
Each August, as we commemorate Women’s Month, we focus on the need for water across Africa and Asia. When clean water is not available, it becomes the job of the women and girls in the household to find and collect water. This results in girls not attending school, thereby disrupting learning.
A well or borehole located in a village or on a mountain means that girls can safely and quickly collect water in the morning, and then attend school. Their education, combined with the water, allows for economic activities such as farming, sewing and basic trade to occur. Access to clean water means that the standard of living for everyone in the area is automatically improved, which sets communities on an upward trajectory. All made possible with water.
Our teams are often asked about the difference between wells and boreholes.
Wells are shallower, dug to a depth of about 15m, and water is collected with a manual bucket system. In Africa, our boreholes include a manual hand pump, but are dug much deeper than wells, and serve larger villages as well as their surrounding communities.
In Afghanistan, boreholes have electric taps, mainly powered by solar energy, to ensure that communities are not dependent on the unreliable electricity in the country.
The benefits of water go deeper…because girls can now attend school, they are less likely to become victims of child labour or child marriage.
Throughout the month of August, AMA hosts events across the country, asking our communities to give towards the best of charities…the one that brings the greatest benefit for beneficiaries, while simultaneously bringing the greatest reward for the donor. Because behind every statistic is a story…a mother, a sister, a daughter…a life put on hold in order to find water.
Join our events and follow our social media pages for updates on the impact that your donations make, and contribute any amount, at any time, towards our water projects.
