Water Wells for Remote Villages in Nigeria
In many villages around Kano, women and children walk long distances every day to fetch unsafe water, losing hours that should go to school and work. This initiative drills deep boreholes with hand pumps or solar pumps in villages without water, after a geological survey of the site and a water quality test after drilling, and trains the community to maintain the well so it lasts for years. A water well is among the greatest forms of sadaqah jariyah, benefiting people and animals for as long as it flows. A hand-pump borehole costs ₦2,500,000, a solar borehole with a storage tank ₦5,000,000, an
Basiqat Charity Foundation is a registered non-profit in Nigeria, working to achieve dignified lives through education, health, and economic empowerment programs.