The Corps Africa volunteers stationed on-site recognized the potential to build washing stations along the aqueduct, which would reduce labor for women and help divert detergent and bleach away from the irrigation water. Here we are identifying a site for a laundry station in Ait Mousou Daoud in our 2019 site visit.

The women of Ait Daoud had a planning meeting to design the washing station. Here’s the resulting sketch of the plan.

Laying the stone foundation for the washing station at Ait Daoud.

Things are taking shape, with the washing stations along the aqueduct in Ait Daoud

Foundation for the wastewater cistern at Ait Daoud

Setting up clothes drying lines.

Grouting the flooring for the washing station at Ait Daoud.

The site of the washing station in Ait Mousou Daoud, just before construction.

Preparing the foundation for the washing station at Ait Mousou Daoud

Laying the concrete in Ait Mousou Daoud

Completed washing stations in Ait Mousou Daoud

Ait Mousou Daoud completed station