Stories from the Field
As we work to provide water, we're committed to helping people like you meet your global neighbors and to realize that we all share the same basic needs. We hope to break down stereotypes and the false distinctions between the so-called winners and losers, rich and poor, the needy and charitable, by introducing you to the people we serve with the respect and admiration they rightfully deserve.
These are stories of hope, told in the words of those who carry out this work every day - our friends in the field.
A Year Later: "Accessing water at the doorstep is amazing..."
Ian M., 17, recalled what life was like at Silungai Secondary School before his school’s rain tank was installed last year. "Accessing water before the intervention of the water project was a heavy, tiring task. We were being sent to the river to fetch water. Sometimes we could miss class lessons as a result of going to the river to fetch wate...
A Year Later: "I enjoy fetching water from this shallow well point."
Kyalo Mwendwa, 18, recalled what life was like in Kalawa Community before his community’s well was installed last year. "Before the construction of this project life was very hard. We used to get water from very far from River Athi and the water was not very safe for drinking. We did not have enough water for maintaining our hygiene and sanita...
A Year Later: ". . . No Stress in Getting Water"
Kimanthi W., 16, recalled what life was like in Yumbani before her community’s well was implemented last year. "Before the construction of this project, life was very hard. We used to get water from very far, [from] a river. We could leave for the river once we came back from school, which would be very tedious for us. Many of the times, we mi...
A Year Later: "...we have safe drinking water..."
Mohammed Sankoh, 45, recalled what life was like in Masoro before his community’s well was implemented last year. "[For] so many years in this village, we were struggling a lot in this village because our children and women had to go all the way to swamps just [to] find a place where they can get water for our domestics use. The water was so r...
A Year Later: Water Makes Farming Possible!
Farmer Meshack Musyoka, 22, recalled what life was like in Nthonzweni Community before his community's sand dam was implemented last year. "Before the construction of this sand dam, we faced many challenges. It was difficult looking for water. We wasted a lot of time walking to rivers which are very far from here. We relied on scoop holes, which...