Côte d’Ivoire delivers solar-powered water pumps to rural communities
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Soro Emma Loraine Mangoua, the director general of the National Program for Social Cohesion (PNCS) in Côte d’Ivoire, delivered four solar-powered water pumps to the communities of Lébré, Kosséhoa, Kabéhoua, and Galébré in the Gagnoa department on September 18, 2026.
This followed the delivery of pumps to Souangakro, Akétékro, and Petit Bouaké the previous day, with Myss Belmonde Dogo, the Minister of National Cohesion, Solidarity, and the Fight Against Poverty, overseeing the handovers.
Mangoua expressed hope that residents would maintain the new water systems. Each pump includes a 3,000-liter tank elevated five meters off the ground and can deliver six cubic meters of water, drawing from an 85-meter borehole powered by a solar panel. The PNCS installed the pumps as part of a plan initiated by President Alassane Ouatara to improve access to safe drinking water.
The program will continue with the delivery of eight more solar-powered pumps to communities in the Poro, Bagoué, and Cavally regions.
