This study was carried in Mvumi wards in Dodoma region,
Tanzania. The study area was selected to represent semi-arid biome as it
experiences annual excessive drought. The majority rural dwellers in Tanzania
live in extreme shortage of water. The general objective of this study was to
assess the impacts of water shortage to social life especially to women.
Questionnaire, PRA’s and documentary review were used for data collection.
A
sample size of 120 respondents was used for the study to cover two villages
namely; Ilolo and Iringa. The finding shows that the majority (about 70%) ofrural communities are severely suffering from water shortage crisis. They spend
more time to fetch water instead of engaging in other economic activities. And,
women are more vulnerable and stressed to this problem. There is a need to
supply water services to the rural communities in order to solve this problem.
According to recent report by WHO 884 million people in the
world do not have access to safe water. As a result, 1.4 million children die
every year from water-borne illnesses--that's 1 child every 20 seconds. The majority of these people who suffer from this problem are from Sub SaharanAfrican countries.
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