Magbamamaty Village
Project Snapshot
Country: Sierra Leone
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude 8.337433
Longitude -12.977833
Impact:
Total Served: 150
Status: Completed (?)
Completion Date (or estimate): 07/19/2010
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Testimony:
Rugi Kanu, 50 year old garden worker spoke with the team about the water needs for her community. “The new hand pump is fine. The water from the well tasted bad before. The water from the swamp tasted better. The water from the well smelled bad and was rusty with speck of rust in it. I’m thankful for the new hand pump and the water. I can’t wait to drink i!”
The community gathered with the team to pray before the work began each day. The community gathered around the well and the gospel was presented with bible being distributed and the well was dedicated to Daddy God. The community was so thankful for this cup of water. The team was thankful that God ordered their steps to this village.
Hygiene Training:
There were 25 women and 19 children who attended this hygiene training. Twenty-five ORS spoons were distributed. The participants were actively engaged in the lessons and had a really good time. A good amount of time was spent on the need for this community to construct native toilets for each house, as it is an open defecation community. The team explained why they should do this and the majority of the participants grimaced as they explained that they were eating each other's excretement. They appreciated the teaching. Lessons included germs/disease transmission, proper hand washing techniques, healthy/unhealthy communities, ORS (oral rehydration solution), proper care of the pump, keeping the water clean, good-bad hygiene behaviors and disease transmission stories.
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Sponsors
Walk for Water
Tara parnagian's Fundraising Page
Chantal Dussault-Couillard's Fundraising Page
Stafford Davis's Fundraising Page
Alicia Braulick's Fundraising Page
Nisha Sunku's Fundraising Page
Sam Weiss's Fundraising Page
Sheila Wilson's Fundraising Page
Country Details
Sierra Leone
- Population: 9.7 Million
- Lacking clean water: 47%
- Below poverty line: 70%
- Climate: Tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season; winter dry season
- Languages: English, Mende, Temne, Krio
- Ethnic Groups: 20 African ethnic groups 90% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 30%), Creole (Krio) 10%
- Life Expectancy: 48 years
- Infant Mortality Rate: 155 deaths per 1000 live births
Partner Profile
Living Water International
Nearly 20 years ago, we set out to help the church in North America be the hands and feet of Jesus by serving the poorest of the poor. 600 million people in the world live on less than $2 a day. 884 million people lack access to safe drinking water.
For all practical purposes, these statistics refer to the same people; around the world, communities are trapped in debilitating poverty because they constantly suffer from water-related diseases and parasites, and/or because they spend long stretches of their time carrying water over long distances.
In response to this need, we implement participatory, community-based water solutions in developing countries. Since we started, we’ve completed water projects for 7,000 communities in 26 countries.
It all began in 1990, when a group from Houston, Texas traveled to Kenya and saw the desperate need for clean drinking water. They returned to Houston and founded a 501(c)3 non-profit. The fledgling organization equipped and trained a team of Kenyan drillers, and LWI Kenya began operations the next year under the direction of a national board.
That pattern continues today; we train, consult, and equip local people to implement solutions in their own countries.
Remembering the life-changing nature of that first trip in 1990, we also lead hundreds of volunteers on mission trips each year, working with local communities, under the leadership of nationals, to implement water projects. It’s hard to know which lives are changed more—those “serving” or those “being served.”
Our training programs in shallow well drilling, pump repair, and hygiene education have equipped thousands of volunteers and professionals in the basics of integrated water solutions since 1997.
