Gema Mtuli and her husband and 7 children live in Fufu Village where she has been living ever since she was born in 1953. This borehole broke down in 1968 and during the 1972 villagisation programme in Tanzania another borehole was drilled and was used for ten years until that also broke down. Since then they have been using traditional wells, dug by cattle owners. If one does not have a well it means sneaking out at night to collect water as the cattle owners would not allow water to be taken from their wells. For three years the family contributed 1000 shillings per annum for the construction of this borehole.
Contributions depend on the number of cattle one owns.
The more the number, the higher the contribution. Gema underlines the advantages they will have when it starts to operate, and that it will help them a lot.