At the beginning of 2022, SAVIO o.z. launched a project focused on building six wells in Angola. Five of them will be in the province of Huambo and one in the Viana district of the capital city, Luanda. The wells, once built, will improve access to water for more than 7,000 people.

The wells in the province of Huambo will provide drinking water for a school and education centres. The Salesians of Don Bosco run four literacy centres there, which together are attended by 2,260 people. Thanks to the project, each centre will have its own well. The Don Bosco primary school has 4,200 pupils (who are taught on alternating shifts in 8 classrooms), and if the Salesians also manage to open the secondary school — which will be the only one in the area — 5,200 pupils will benefit from the well. In order to build a well, it is necessary to drill it and to provide a solar pump and a tower with a tank for the distribution of water.

Viana is a district of the capital city, Luanda. The Salesians run a boarding school for young people there and a secondary school for 600 young people. It is possible that the water from the well will be slightly salty, but it will be used mainly for the school’s agricultural activities, which will allow its self-sufficiency to be improved.

Between the beginning of the year and the end of May 2022, 3 wells were successfully completed in the province of Huambo. The project, with a total value of EUR 30,267, will be completed in the course of 2022. We owe the carrying out of the project to a generous donor.