{"id":292451,"date":"2020-06-12T16:34:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T14:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451"},"modified":"2020-06-12T16:34:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T14:34:27","slug":"water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-oshikunde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451","title":{"rendered":"Water scarcity hampers corona prevention in Oshikunde"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nathanael Heita<\/p>\n<p>PRECAUTIONARY measures against the spread of the coronavirus includes the constant washing of hands, which is practically impossible for residents of the Oshitai, Efinde, Odila and Okakango kaVahongi villages in the Oshikunde Constituency of the Ohangwena Region.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those communities depend on underground water from two boreholes in the area, but both are now dry.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Informante visited the villages this week, villagers narrated a fierce daily struggle to get even one cut of drinking water.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-Oshikunde.jpeg\" alt=\"spread coronavirus washing hands\" class=\"wp-image-292452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-Oshikunde.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-Oshikunde.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-Oshikunde.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-Oshikunde.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-Oshikunde.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption>Pictured: One of the boreholes that are now dry. Photo: Nathanael Heita<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to community spokesperson, Puyehipawa Nghipunya, the situation was reported to the Oshikunde constituency Councillor and to the water ministry three months ago, but no response has been received to date.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They now get their water from a number of private wells in the area, but the water is not enough for humans and their animals and, in some cases, is not fit for human consumption.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Villagers are worried that the pending re-opening of schools would aggravate the situation because the scarcely available water will have to be shared with learners and teachers who require a constant washing of hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":292452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Water scarcity hampers corona prevention in Oshikunde - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PRECAUTIONARY measures against the spread of the coronavirus includes the constant washing of hands, which is practically impossible for residents...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Water scarcity hampers corona prevention in Oshikunde - Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PRECAUTIONARY measures against the spread of the coronavirus includes the constant washing of hands, which is practically impossible for residents...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-12T14:34:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-12T14:34:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-Oshikunde.jpeg?fit=1080%2C810&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"810\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=292451#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=292451\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80\"},\"headline\":\"Water scarcity hampers corona prevention in Oshikunde\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-12T14:34:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-12T14:34:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=292451\"},\"wordCount\":199,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=292451#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/Water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-Oshikunde.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=292451\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=292451\",\"name\":\"Water scarcity hampers corona prevention in Oshikunde - Informant\u00e9\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=292451#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=292451#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/Water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-Oshikunde.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-12T14:34:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-12T14:34:27+00:00\",\"description\":\"PRECAUTIONARY measures against the spread of the coronavirus includes the constant washing of hands, which is practically impossible for residents...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=292451#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=292451\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=292451#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/Water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-Oshikunde.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/Water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-Oshikunde.jpeg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":810},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=292451#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Water scarcity hampers corona prevention in Oshikunde\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\",\"name\":\"Informant\u00e9\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Informante\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png\",\"width\":655,\"height\":656,\"caption\":\"Informante\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/informantenam\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/informantenews\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/informante_news\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC-cBl9A2bCMZZphxM2pyMkw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80\",\"name\":\"Staff Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Staff Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?author=10\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Water scarcity hampers corona prevention in Oshikunde - Informant\u00e9","description":"PRECAUTIONARY measures against the spread of the coronavirus includes the constant washing of hands, which is practically impossible for residents...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Water scarcity hampers corona prevention in Oshikunde - Informant\u00e9","og_description":"PRECAUTIONARY measures against the spread of the coronavirus includes the constant washing of hands, which is practically impossible for residents...","og_url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451","og_site_name":"Informant\u00e9","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam","article_published_time":"2020-06-12T14:34:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-06-12T14:34:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":810,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-Oshikunde.jpeg?fit=1080%2C810&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Staff Reporter","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@informantenews","twitter_site":"@informantenews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Staff Reporter","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451"},"author":{"name":"Staff Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/person\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80"},"headline":"Water scarcity hampers corona prevention in Oshikunde","datePublished":"2020-06-12T14:34:25+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-12T14:34:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451"},"wordCount":199,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-Oshikunde.jpeg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451","name":"Water scarcity hampers corona prevention in Oshikunde - Informant\u00e9","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-Oshikunde.jpeg","datePublished":"2020-06-12T14:34:25+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-12T14:34:27+00:00","description":"PRECAUTIONARY measures against the spread of the coronavirus includes the constant washing of hands, which is practically impossible for residents...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-Oshikunde.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Water-scarcity-hampers-corona-prevention-in-Oshikunde.jpeg","width":1080,"height":810},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=292451#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Water scarcity hampers corona prevention in Oshikunde"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#website","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/","name":"Informant\u00e9","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization","name":"Informante","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png","width":655,"height":656,"caption":"Informante"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam","https:\/\/x.com\/informantenews","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/informante_news","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-cBl9A2bCMZZphxM2pyMkw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/person\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80","name":"Staff Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Staff Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?author=10"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=292451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/292452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=292451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=292451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=292451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}