Improved Health and Hygiene for Stella's Family!

Forty-year-old farmer Stella Nyakato recalled what life was like in the Kyamukudumi Community before her community’s well was implemented last year.

“I used to fetch water from an open water source but the water was extremely dirty. The water would always make my children sick because it was contaminated hence making me spend a lot of money. I would always fear to go there because it's in the bush. Sometimes I would even be at home without water," said Stella.

"One day my child fell in the open water source but the good thing [is] he didn't die. This would make [me] fear to send my children to fetch water, so I had to spend a lot of time looking for water because I had no one to send,” continued Stella.

Collecting water is now closer and simpler for Stella and the other community members in Kyamukudumi.

"I have access to safe water and it's very near. I can also send my children to fetch water without fear, enabling me [to] do other activities. [I] don't need to move a long distance to access water," said Stella.

Having ready access to water from the well has made a difference for Stella, allowing her to have the water she needs to help improve her family's health and hygiene.

"My health and that of my family members has improved because we no longer drink dirty water. The hygiene in my home has improved because water is always available to enable me [to] clean the home, do laundry, and bathe on a daily basis," concluded Stella.

Stella at the well.