Waterborne diseases threaten Yemeni rural communities [Archives:2006/978/Health]

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August 4 2006
A boy looks at trash that he found in the pond during his swimming. YT PHOTO BY GLYN GOFFIN
A boy looks at trash that he found in the pond during his swimming. YT PHOTO BY GLYN GOFFIN
By: Amel Al-Ariqi
& Nawal Zaeed

Bait Al-Makali is a small village just north of Sana'a. Most of the people living in the village are farmers depending on the income from their Qat, bean, peach or apple crops. To help their crops flourish they use to dig wells to get the groundwater.

\”We are around 5000 people living in this village