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: "I have improved greatly in my studies."
Blessed, 11, recalled what life was like at Nyang'ori Primary School before her school’s rain tanks were implemented last year. "We would be late to classes since we would waste time fetching water at the spring. The classrooms were really dirty, which made us sick sometimes. There was also sometimes very little and dirty water for drinking an...
A Year Later: Doubled income thanks to water!
Alice, 16, recalled what life was like in Isembe Community before her community’s spring was protected last year. "Getting water initially was not a good thing anyone would like to do. It was dirty because it was open to all sources of contamination, thus exposing us to waterborne diseases. Just because [I] am a girl and I need water on [a] da...
A Year Later: Safer births for women!
Beatrice Barasa, a 34-year-old nurse, recalled what life was like at Kamashia Health Center before a well was installed last year. "It was very difficult to get water in the health facility. Getting water for maternity programs was a big challenge. During [the] dry season, we could not get enough water for mothers who gave birth at the facility,...
A Year Later: Fetching water has become easier!
Salome, 18, recalled what life was like in Lutali before her community’s spring was protected last year. "I used to have a hard time at the water point since I would fall and get hurt due to the slippery state of the spring," said Salome. But life is much simpler and safer for Salome and the other community members in Lutali now. Salome ...
A Year Later: "The goodness of clean water"
Cynthia W., 17, recalled what life was like in Kivai Kimwatho before her community’s well was implemented last year. "Before the construction of this project, life was very hard. It was a risk for us to camp at the scoop holes or even wake up there at the dawn when there was less security. I did not like being sent to the river because it pose...