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 am happy"
Before the well in Raka Community was rehabilitated last year, people spent a significant amount of time finding and collecting water, leaving them exhausted. "The old water source was an open well. Before, we used to fetch water with [a] rope and a rubber container. During the dry season, the well went dry [and] we [had to] go the swamp to fetch ...
A Year Later: "It feels like magic."
Last year, the community members living in Mathanguni suffered to find and collect enough water to meet their daily needs. “Before the construction of this project, life was very hard. We used to get water from very far, and the water was not very safe for drinking. We did not have enough water for maintaining our hygiene and sanitation as well ...
A Year Later: More Time for Books!
Before John Wesaya Spring was protected last year, community members used to struggle to collect water safely. "I one day fell into the unprotected spring after it had rained and hurt my leg. I also got [the] flu sometime back when I drank water from this water point," said 12-year-old Cecelia A. But the spring's protection has changed things and...
A Year Later: "I now use less than 5 minutes at the water point"
Community members in Lunyinya used to spend a lot of time collecting water from Shirongo Spring. And sadly, the water they worked so hard to collect made them ill with water-related illnesses. "I used to queue for a very long time while fetching water from the spring due to its unprotected nature," said nine-year-old Josiah M. But we protected th...
A Year Later: "This water point has impacted my life"
Last year, students at Kingsway Secondary School had to leave their school campus to collect water every day since the dug well they relied upon often went dry. "Before, the school was without [a] safe and pure drinking water point. Even to have water to drink was difficult for us. It was difficult to use the sanitation facility [and] also to do f...