Shidle Village, situated 35 kilometers from Dollow Town in the Gedo region of Somalia, is home to the minority Somali Bantu community. One of the longstanding challenges faced by the village is the scarcity of clean water. Despite the community's effort to construct a shallow well along the river, the absence of infrastructure, such as a water pump, made it difficult for the residents, particularly women and girls, to access water easily. Consequently, they resorted to fetching water directly...