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Ismani-Tarafani village residents in Iringa District are facing double misfortunes, that are the shortage of food and water which forced people especially women and children to wake up early in the morning looking for water, it has been disclosed. The problem of water is serious in the area and the surrounding villages in Ismani Division but residents have got used to the situation whereby they are forced to bath only two liters of water due to insufficient water resource. Felister Salum, a mother of five children said, the problem of water in the village is a long time problem, but they are now getting used to the situation. She told ‘The Guardian’ today that they have to wake up early in the morning to fetch water a distance of eight kilometers, it the water which is available comes out once in a week. “Since my family uses of water every that is for laundering, drinking and bathing we have to go extra mile to look for water from the water points available in the area,” she s...

Pupils at Mtwivilla Primary School in Iringa Muncipal today are in the neighbourhood fetching water from the drainage of waste water that they use them for toilet and flowering purposes since their has no water. This is daily job done by pupils before they start their classes. But what about their health because the water that they get were not good at all, they may contract some diseases if not checked.

An old man from Ismani Village in Iringa District, Iringa Region is eating dates donated by Dhi Nureyn Islamic Foundation based recently. It is part of the food donation that donated to the affected drought last year.