SELECTED SOCIAL POLICY ISSUES: ACCESS TO AND USE OF POTABLE WATER BY
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN NYAKATONDO AND FOYA VILLAGES (MOUNT
DARWIN DISTRICT, ZIMBABWE)
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Title
SELECTED SOCIAL POLICY ISSUES: ACCESS TO AND USE OF POTABLE WATER BY
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN NYAKATONDO AND FOYA VILLAGES (MOUNT
DARWIN DISTRICT, ZIMBABWE)
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN NYAKATONDO AND FOYA VILLAGES (MOUNT
DARWIN DISTRICT, ZIMBABWE)
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Creator
TOM TOM
EMMANUEL MUNEMO
Description
The purpose of the study was to analyse access to potable water by people with disabilities in
Nyakatondo and Foya villages in Mount Darwin district. This district is located in Mashonaland
Central Province in Zimbabwe. The study was influenced by the lack of empirical studies on water
and disability and the acute potable water problems in the two villages. The researchers applied
ethnography to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the problem. The study aims to improve
the access to potable water by people with disabilities in the two villages. This overall aim can only
be achieved through appropriate understanding of the factors constraining access to potable water
by people with disabilities. The study shows that access to potable water is a serious development
problem in the two villages and generally the northern and north eastern parts of the district due to
low rainfall levels, low underground water levels and salty water. These problems imply that potable
water poverty is high in the two villages and the other parts of the district. The existence of merely
one borehole for each of these two villages that is located far from the villages poses potable water
challenges for people with disabilities and everyone else. Prioritisation of water development and
convenient water delivery are key recommendations for the transformation of the wellbeing of people
with disabilities and everyone else. The improved water services in the villages should also entail the
designing and redesigning of water facilities to enhance accessibility, access, usability and safety for
people with disabilities
Nyakatondo and Foya villages in Mount Darwin district. This district is located in Mashonaland
Central Province in Zimbabwe. The study was influenced by the lack of empirical studies on water
and disability and the acute potable water problems in the two villages. The researchers applied
ethnography to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the problem. The study aims to improve
the access to potable water by people with disabilities in the two villages. This overall aim can only
be achieved through appropriate understanding of the factors constraining access to potable water
by people with disabilities. The study shows that access to potable water is a serious development
problem in the two villages and generally the northern and north eastern parts of the district due to
low rainfall levels, low underground water levels and salty water. These problems imply that potable
water poverty is high in the two villages and the other parts of the district. The existence of merely
one borehole for each of these two villages that is located far from the villages poses potable water
challenges for people with disabilities and everyone else. Prioritisation of water development and
convenient water delivery are key recommendations for the transformation of the wellbeing of people
with disabilities and everyone else. The improved water services in the villages should also entail the
designing and redesigning of water facilities to enhance accessibility, access, usability and safety for
people with disabilities
Publisher
International Journal of Social Science and Economics Invention (IJSSEI
Date
2015
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Citation
TOM TOM
and EMMANUEL MUNEMO, “SELECTED SOCIAL POLICY ISSUES: ACCESS TO AND USE OF POTABLE WATER BY
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN NYAKATONDO AND FOYA VILLAGES (MOUNT
DARWIN DISTRICT, ZIMBABWE),” ZOU Institutional Repository, accessed July 6, 2025, https://ir.zou.ac.zw/items/show/196.
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN NYAKATONDO AND FOYA VILLAGES (MOUNT
DARWIN DISTRICT, ZIMBABWE),” ZOU Institutional Repository, accessed July 6, 2025, https://ir.zou.ac.zw/items/show/196.
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