A well in Mimbil, Cameroon

Background

Mimbil is one of the villages within the Dja biosphere reserve, a river that almost completely surrounds the reserve. Although the area is rich in water, we are in the middle of the equatorial rainforest, access to safe drinking water is non-existent. The people of Mimbil are forced to collect water from a pond near the village. The ingestion of surface water is the main source of diseases such as diarrhea, cholera and typhoid.