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: More time in class for learning!
Last year students who attended Kasongha OIC Vocational School in Sierra Leone struggled to find enough water to meet their daily needs, missing valuable time in class learning. "Actually, before this time, we usually [had] a lot of constraints in this institution because of the lack of water facilities. Also, when [went] outside the school compou...
A Year Later: "The water point saves time"
Life for students at Masoila Jesus is the Way School was difficult last year when they spent much of their day collecting water from their school's well. Sadly, it was an open, contaminated well, and they had to drop a bucket into the water and then painstakingly pull up each bucket by hand using a rope. "Before this project was completed, the sch...
A Year Later: "I find it very easy to fetch water from here"
Last year, the students attending Ahmadiya Muslim Primary School used to collect water from a local stream when their dug well would dry up. It was time-consuming and exhausting. "It was difficult for me during that period. I had to go [into] the neighborhood to fetch water for drinking during [the] lunch hour because our pump was not functional,"...
A Year Later: "We are happy now."
Last year, the students of St. Monica's RC Primary School often had to leave their school campus, crossing a dangerous, busy road to collect water because their school well would run out of water from overuse. The school shared this well with community members, and the well was not recharging properly because it was not deep enough; therefore, the...
A Year Later: "Now, fetching water has even become fun!"
“Before the construction of this project, life was very hard. We had to walk through very dusty roads to the river each and every day. Young people in our community have had it rough over [the] years as they are the ones responsible for collecting water in the society," said 18-year-old Eunice M. Eunice continued: "Walking for two kilometers was...