Cyclists hand over borehole to Mulanje

Cycle for Change, an initiative by two youthful Malawians, has handed over one of the nine boreholes it intends to drill nationwide  to people of Mehera Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Mkanda in Mulanje.

Stewart Kambewa and Kwame Kayira will cycle 1 755 kilometres from October 1 2016 to October 17 2016 to raise about K15.5 million for the boreholes.

Speaking on Saturday, village head (V/H) Mehera said the borehole will ease the burden for women who have been walking long distances to draw water.

One of the women in the area, Margaret Chimbota, said they were drawing water from contaminated wells and swamps which they were sharing with animals.

“This borehole will make us drink safe water. It should also be mentioned that one needed to have a bicycle to draw clean water because it was found far away from here,” she said.

Kambewa said in an interview the team was inspired by the women they meet during their cycling activities.

“We usually meet women and young girls who travel long distances to access clean water, hence, we decided to do something by cycling to ease their problem,” he said. n