Boreholes: Climate protection starts with clean water

Gatsibo is a largely rural district in Rwanda in which local people typically use firewood on inefficient three-stone fires to purify their drinking, cleaning and washing water. This process results in the release of greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion of wood.

This can be avoided if a technology, that does not require fuels, supplies the families with clean water. The rehabilitation of boreholes is ideal to slash carbon emissions, since our wells provide of clean water, that needs no purifying anymore.

Clean drinking water is vital for the local population. The consumption of contaminated water can in some cases even have lethal consequences. While tackling climate change caused by the combustion of unsustainably harvested biomass, the project also reduces pressure on woodlands and wildlife, and diminishes smoke inside the owner’s homes.