This is the pipe my son Rolique, and Mr Mackie, his grandfather, walk to every day to source water. A few years after our old iron pipes were put out of use, the Prince’s Trust supported a project, which aimed to give the people of Rosetown new pipes, and through these, to renew their access to water.
Unfortunately, the Prince’s Trust project was completed in 2004 with two Rosetown communities left without any pipes. My community, Gordon Lane, was one of them. This water point is situated at the outskirts of our community. It is a bridge system, which the people of Gordon Lane came up with, and which allows them to source water from the neighbouring communities. The water runs from 6pm to 6am each day, and locks up thereafter, so Rolique and my father have to get up early to make the journey.
