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: Water brings hope for a brighter future!
Before we rehabilitated the well in the community of Rwenkole last year, community members had to walk long distances to collect contaminated water from a hand-dug well or the local swamp to meet their daily needs. "We used to walk very long distances to access water from other water sources [during] the time our borehole broke down," said 15-year...
A Year Later: "It's now very easy to pump"
Last year, the community members in Byerima often dealt with frustration that led to community disunity because their well did not function properly, and they had to use other farther away water points instead. "Pumping water from this borehole was very hard, and we used to go to [the] Byerima Primary School borehole where sometimes the teachers w...
A Year Later: Better Relationships and Cleaner Homes!
Before we protected the spring in Musangaro last year, people had to scoop up water from a hole in the ground whose water was milky and brown. "Getting water was time-consuming," recalled eight-year-old Shaline. "Whenever a number of people [would] go to the spring at the same time, the water would turn dirty, and you had to wait for quite some ti...
A Year Later: Improved school performance!
The students at Isagara Primary School used to walk to a narrow, muddy spring for the water they needed each day because the well on their school campus was non-functional. They missed time in class, came back to school tired, and found it hard to concentrate. "I used to walk very long distances to access water at the spring. Due to the long queue...
A Year Later: Never missing school!
The community members in Kyakaitera used to fight for water since the waterpoint they were relying upon was far away and overcrowded. "Before this project was completed, I would wake up very early in the morning to collect water, and sometimes this would affect me because I would miss school as a result of getting very tired," said 11-year-old Iva...