Project Status



Project Type:  Borehole Well and Hand Pump

Program: Wells for Rwanda

Impact: 500 Served

Project Phase: 
Community Managed
Implementing Partner Monitoring Data Unavailable
Initial Installation: Dec 2012

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Community Profile

Upon completion of the project, our partner in the field reports...

The site picked by the District Engineer, Headmaster and the LWI Sustainability Coordinator. The site was chosen due to the high need of water in the school. The well is controlled by the Headmaster of this school. They discussed how to change the hand pump to an electric pump. LWI's Sustainability Coordinator discussed with the school to upgrade the pump and the school agreed to do it in January 2013. The students talked about how they were using dirty water which causes illness and how their uniforms would change colors because of using poor water to wash with. They are happy for this new source of water and they give thanks to God. During the team’s stay, community members assembled a water committee who assisted the team with the water project whenever possible. Most residents are of the 823 students, teachers or faculty at the boarding school. Before leaving the community the team provided a student with a LWI Rwanda contact number in case their well were to fall into disrepair, become subject to vandalism or theft.

The LWI Rwanda team had an opportunity to meet with twenty year old community member and accountant, Charisa Yankurije, who stated, "When you compare the old water and the new one you see a big difference. Now the new water is clean compared to the old one and it is very helpful because people were struggling to get the old water in addition to it being dirty."

 

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Abundant water is often right under our feet! Beneath the Earth’s surface, rivers called aquifers flow through layers of sediment and rock, providing a constant supply of safe water. For borehole wells, we drill deep into the earth, allowing us to access this water which is naturally filtered and protected from sources of contamination at the surface level. First, we decide where to drill by surveying the area and determining where aquifers are likely to sit. To reach the underground water, our drill rigs plunge through meters (sometimes even hundreds of meters!) of soil, silt, rock, and more. Once the drill finds water, we build a well platform and attach a hand pump. If all goes as planned, the community is left with a safe, closed water source providing around five gallons of water per minute! Learn more here!


Sponsors


81 individual donors
Melissa Harris Perry's Daughter
Wayward Saint
Landscape Inspirations, LLC
Valentine Cards for Water
Kavanagh Blakeslee Group
Smith Center High School
Anita M Pinkston
Happy Movie
Little Women Club of Fernandina Beach
Sara Ning's second birthday
Monk Joe & Jezebelfaith
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Mason Intermediate School Team Aspire
First Giving
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Fusion Youth Ministry
Waves of Faith
Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Celeste Scott's Fundraising Page
Erika Baer's Fundraising Page
Good Shepherd UMC Fundraising Page