United Bretheren Academy Secondary School
Project Snapshot
Country: Sierra Leone
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude 8.639533
Longitude -13.227100
Impact:
Total Served: 2300
Status: Completed (?)
Completion Date (or estimate): 12/30/2010
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The team had an opportunity to meet with twenty-six year old male community resident and male teacher Abubakkar Kamara who stated, “There have been accidents going to fetch water when going down the steep stairs. The road was bad. There have been many sicknesses as a result of the unprotected water. The taste is not good. Children go to school less because of the great distance but with this new hand pump life will be different for us. We thank you and The Water Project!! Tenke tenke, moh moh!”
The school is very large and during the hygiene education there were sixty-three adults and forty-five children in attendance. The following principal issues were addressed: Disease transmission, Germs, Hand Washing- proper techniques and water saving methods, Healthy Unhealthy Communities, Diarrhea Doll- causes of diarrhea, Oral Rehydration Solution, Proper care of the pump, Keeping the water clean, Good-bad hygiene behaviors and Disease Transmission Stories. There were 63 Oral Rehydration Solution spoons distributed, and the hygiene team returned to train classes who were not present for the initial training.
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Sponsors
Nathaniel Myers's Fundraising Page
Allison Bass's Fundraising Page
Ben Christenson's Fundraising Page
Sarah Monroe'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.
