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: New Dreams of Helping Others
The community members in Ematetie struggled to collect water from Amasetse Spring before we protected it last year. They had to scoop water up using small containers to fill their jugs and very often had to wait hours for the water to clear up enough to use. Eight-year-old, Javan W., said, "I was not able to get water on my own because it was not ...
A Year Later: Mind Eased by Protected Water!
Collecting water from Soita Spring used to be difficult and tiring for those living in Malekha West Community. "Initially, we fetched water directly from the ground flowing through either a banana stalk or a piece of plastic or iron sheet. It did not sit well with me," said Sabina Andayi, 18. But now that the spring is protected, things are diffe...
A Year Later: "Life has become very easy and stress-free."
We asked student Abigael K., age 12, of St. Kizito Kimarani Primary School, what it was like for her before we installed a rain tank at her school last year. "Before the project, each morning, I would have to go to school with water in a ten-liter container," said Abigael. "Also, after lunch, we would be asked to bring water to school. This was ve...
A Year Later: "It feels like heaven on earth!"
Gidimo Primary School student Valarie K., 15, shared how life was for her and fellow students before we installed a rain tank on their school campus last year. "It was a mandate that every student fetch water for use in school," said Valarie. "Class hours used to be interrupted as students were requested to go fetch water when [the] need did arise...
A Year Later: Water is Near and the Way is Safe!
"Before this project was completed, my mother would send me to the open sources [of water], which were far away within the sugarcane plantations," said 10-year-old Julliet P. "I feared moving alone because sometimes I would encounter snakes and run back home without water. This would really disappoint my mother." The well in Marongo-Kahembe used t...