Just over two hundred families in the Nhamassonge-Sede Administrative Post, in the District of Guro, in Manica Province, will benefit from water and electricity with the start-up of an integrated water supply and photovoltaic energy system.
The project is being carried out by the Zambezi Agency as part of its support for local governments in establishing social infrastructure with the aim of inducing socio-economic development.
The Head of the Nhamassonge-Sede Administrative Post believes that the integrated water and energy supply system could improve the living conditions of the population.
“The community is going to grow because other (inhabitants) move around looking for water,” said Marta João Dafrene, explaining that the population travels around 30km to leave their animals near the Luenha River, running the risk of theft and conflicts with wildlife (attacks by crocodiles).
“With this water we’re going to increase cattle and goat breeding and we’re also going to build because we’ll be able to make bricks to build our houses.”
According to the Director of Strategic Studies and Analysis Services at the Zambezi Agency, José Cardoso, the integrated water and energy supply system in Nhamassonge could be up and running by next June.
Local government figures estimate that the Nhamassonge Administrative Post has around 1500 inhabitants.
It should be noted that in Manica province, four integrated water and energy supply systems are in the process of being built, three in the Guro district (in the Nhamassonge Administrative Post, in the town of Minga and in the village of Caberemudi) and one in Báruè (Nhassacara).