Tekke Kuyumcu Village, in Beypazarı town of Turkey’s capital city Ankara, despite its central location, is one of those ‘remote villages’ that is experiencing problems in accessing safe drinking water.

Due to scarcity of water resources, water is only provided to the village for one our each day, this duration decreases to only half and hour in summer.

Moreover there is no ground water in the district which makes the construction of other water systems impossible.

The only available option for villagers to access water is by using the depots that are far from the city and fetching this water from long distances puts a burden on women and children.

However, UNDP and Coca Cola Turkey brings a new solution to the town, through their ‘Every Drop Matters’ programme.

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