{"id":45112,"date":"2023-07-05T18:42:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community"},"modified":"2023-07-05T18:52:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:52:46","slug":"hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community","title":{"rendered":"Hilal Afrika hands over borehole to Nkhotakota community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Hilal Afrika, a Germany-based charity organization, handed over a borehole worth MK5 million to the people of Nkholozi in Traditional Authority Kanyenda in Nkhotakota District.<\/p>\n<p>The borehole will enable scores of people in Nkholozi and surrounding areas to access clean portable water.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the handover ceremony, Hilal Afrika Chairman, Umut Turan, said the organization is committed to investing in Malawian communities in order to improve people\u2019s livelihoods and their lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur ultimate goal is to see a better Malawi where basic needs like portable water, healthcare and education are provided equally among all people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue engaging more well-wishers to support our cause to improving Malawian communities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A community representative, Gertrude Kalemba, thanked Hilal Afrika for the borehole, saying waterborne diseases were on the rise in the area due to lack of safe sources of water.<\/p>\n<p>She said the diseases had made some people become unproductive.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, Chief Kholozi urged his subjects not to vandalize the borehole and ensure that it is protected and undergoes maintenance whenever broken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSympathize with the women who used to travel long distances in search of clean water. Let us look after this borehole and use it properly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Turan, the borehole project was funded by Turkish people based in Germany, with O\u0308mer Kulac and Yunus Yildirim having initiated it.<\/p>\n<p>Hilal Afrika has been working in Malawi since 2021 and is this month expected to hand over 14 more boreholes in Kasungu, Salima, Nkhotakota, Ntchisi and Dedza east.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Hilal Afrika, a Germany-based charity organization, handed over a borehole worth MK5 million to the people of Nkholozi in Traditional Authority Kanyenda in Nkhotakota District. The borehole will enable scores of people in Nkholozi and surrounding areas to access clean portable water. Speaking during the handover ceremony, Hilal Afrika Chairman, Umut Turan, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":45110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233,371,234],"class_list":["post-45112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hilal Afrika hands over borehole to Nkhotakota community - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hilal Afrika, a Germany-based charity organization, handed over a borehole worth MK5 million to the people of Nkholozi i ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hilal Afrika hands over borehole to Nkhotakota community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hilal Afrika, a Germany-based charity organization, handed over a borehole worth MK5 million to the people of Nkholozi i ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-05T18:42:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-05T18:52:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/sm_1688566923.570144.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Hilal Afrika hands over borehole to Nkhotakota community\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-05T18:42:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-05T18:52:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community\"},\"wordCount\":270,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/sm_1688566923.570144.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Malawi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community\",\"name\":\"Hilal Afrika hands over borehole to Nkhotakota community - Malawi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/sm_1688566923.570144.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-05T18:42:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-05T18:52:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Hilal Afrika, a Germany-based charity organization, handed over a borehole worth MK5 million to the people of Nkholozi i ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/sm_1688566923.570144.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/sm_1688566923.570144.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Hilal Afrika hands over borehole to Nkhotakota community\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hilal Afrika hands over borehole to Nkhotakota community\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\",\"name\":\"Malawi\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hilal Afrika hands over borehole to Nkhotakota community - Malawi","description":"Hilal Afrika, a Germany-based charity organization, handed over a borehole worth MK5 million to the people of Nkholozi i ...","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:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hilal Afrika hands over borehole to Nkhotakota community","og_description":"Hilal Afrika, a Germany-based charity organization, handed over a borehole worth MK5 million to the people of Nkholozi i ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community","og_site_name":"Malawi","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-07-05T18:42:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-05T18:52:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/sm_1688566923.570144.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Hilal Afrika hands over borehole to Nkhotakota community","datePublished":"2023-07-05T18:42:14+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-05T18:52:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community"},"wordCount":270,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/sm_1688566923.570144.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Malawi","Malawi"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community","name":"Hilal Afrika hands over borehole to Nkhotakota community - Malawi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/sm_1688566923.570144.jpg","datePublished":"2023-07-05T18:42:14+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-05T18:52:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Hilal Afrika, a Germany-based charity organization, handed over a borehole worth MK5 million to the people of Nkholozi i ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/sm_1688566923.570144.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/sm_1688566923.570144.jpg","width":1080,"height":720,"caption":"Hilal Afrika hands over borehole to Nkhotakota community"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/hilal-afrika-hands-over-borehole-to-nkhotakota-community#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hilal Afrika hands over borehole to Nkhotakota community"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/","name":"Malawi","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}