Dagahaley Primary School is located on the outskirts of Dagahaley camp. It is however a government school attended by children from the surrounding host community. “We currently have an enrollment of 450 students,” says Mohamed, the head teacher.

Dagahaley Primary School is among the schools that have benefitted from the construction and installation of a water tank and supply system from a nearby borehole by DRC.

“We have never had a water supply point in the school; it came at the right time,” says the head teacher.

This water tank is the only water supply point in the entire school.

When asked how they have benefitted from this intervention, the students had this to say: “Water is important for the environment; before we did not have water, now we can use it to water our seedlings in the tree nursery,” says Mohamed Issak Bule, Std. 6.

Aksan Mohamed Abdulahi, Std. 6 adds, “We use it to cook for the school feeding program, we use it for drinking and also for cleaning our toilets.”

Bulla Kheir Village on the outskirts of Ifo camp is inhabited by ex-pastoralists - one time nomadic pastoralists whose livelihoods de-pended upon their livestock. Today they are settled here after losing their livestock due to drought and disease.

“DRC is the only agency that has given assistance to this community. We are grateful,” says Hassan Jelle Zeitun, a village elder.

This is the first water supply point for this village. Mohamed Soman Duhale, a resident adds, “The water point has really changed our lives. In the past we used to fetch water for domestic use from cattle troughs over 300 meters away. The water was unhygienic.”