THIRSTY LAND: THE BATTLE FOR WATER SECURITY IN MULA VILLAGE
In Chilowa area TA Chadza, a small community (Mula village) surrounding Bunda but has been grappling with the age-old challenges of water scarcity. For many years the resident has been struggling to access clean and safe water with a tap located very far from the village being the only source of water. “We were just drawing a single bucket of water in a day because of the distance, a lady said.” As they had been carrying the buckets of water on the head. The water from the tap located very far were for drinking whereas water for other home chores they were drawing in wells which were primarily constructed for irrigation purpose although its’ not suitable for drinking and other household chores. The situation was extremely serious, the community members had been drawing water from these wells which is also unreliable and insufficient to meet the needs of the community, leading to competition over the limited water resources as the whole community relied on the same water resources...