Our water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) team in Zimbabwe commemorated World Water Day on March 22 with a celebration in the Sikalenge ward of Binga district. This year’s theme was “Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible.” More than 300 community members attended the celebration, along with representatives from the District Water and Sanitation Subcommittee and several of our partner organizations.
![ZIM_IMG_9590 The Tusoleke community health club from Damba village sings during World Water Day.](https://i0.wp.com/internationalmedicalcorps.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ZIM_IMG_9590.jpg?w=580&h=387&ssl=1)
![ZIM_IMG_9583 Members of the Tumvwanane community health club, from Siangwemu village, sing and perform during World Water Day.](https://i0.wp.com/internationalmedicalcorps.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ZIM_IMG_9583.jpg?w=287&h=192&ssl=1)
![ZIM_IMG_9574 The Tumvwanane community health club, from Siangwemu village, performs a health-related drama.](https://i0.wp.com/internationalmedicalcorps.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ZIM_IMG_9574.jpg?w=287&h=191&ssl=1)
The celebration included a speech from local councilor Joseph Mweembe. In addition, our community health clubs (CHCs) performed short skits and songs with messages about health, hygiene and the importance of water, and demonstrated how to use a handwashing station and pot-drying rack.
![ZIM_IMG_9535 International Medical Corps staff and stakeholders watch the World Water Day events.](https://i0.wp.com/internationalmedicalcorps.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ZIM_IMG_9535.jpg?w=580&h=387&ssl=1)
![ZIM_IMG_9636 The Tweende Kabotu community health club, from Delampuli village, demonstrated how to properly use a pot-drying rack and handwashing station.](https://i0.wp.com/internationalmedicalcorps.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ZIM_IMG_9636.jpg?w=287&h=192&ssl=1)
![ZIM_Councillor Joseph Mweembe, a councilor for Sikalenge Ward 6, gives the opening remarks for the World Water Day event.](https://i0.wp.com/internationalmedicalcorps.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ZIM_Councillor.jpg?w=287&h=191&ssl=1)
The commemoration is part of the Zimbabwe WASH team’s one-year emergency project to reduce the effects of COVID-19 in the Binga district by providing clean water and promoting hygiene. By the time the project wraps up in July, our WASH team will have equipped six water points with solar-powered pumps, rehabilitated 20 water-point hand pumps, provided infection-protection and cleaning supplies to 17 healthcare facilities and provided various kinds of training to environmental health technicians, water-point committee members, community-based facilitators, pump caretakers, health-facility cleaning personnel and others.