Shishimpe community is located in the outskirt of Mpape town in Bwari area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and has since been burdened with the lack of basic amenities. Just like many other rural communties in the territory, Shishimp which has an estimated population of about 500 people lacks basic amenities like portable water, adequate health care, good roads and power supply.
The indigenes of the community, who are mainly farmers, wake up everyday to go about their normal farming business, not minding the huzzling and bustling of Mpape town most nearest to them, while the women in the community bear the brunt of the lack of basic amenities, as it is witnessed with a start of their normal daily activities.
When FCT Watch visited Shishimpe community, it was observed that the women wake up very early in their numbers to go to the stream for water which they intend to use at home. Some of the women with babies strapped to their backs and others with pregnancy, and they walk through a bushy path to the unhygienic colour water stream which is the only source of water in the community.

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