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, whenever it is needed!
Before we installed a well at Esokone Primary School last year, the students had to rely on the neighboring school's well, but it was overcrowded, and fetching water here wasted lots of their learning time. "It was so bad that some of my fellow pupils used to carry dirty water. This was a behavior practiced mostly by boys. Most of the time, we cou...
A Year Later: Excelling academically!
Before we rehabilitated the well in Kyakaitera Kyempisi last year, community members had to travel long distances to collect water, and the water they found was often contaminated. "We used to walk long distances to collect water, and my parents would quarrel with me each time I delayed at the water source. This also caused a lot of congestion at ...
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...