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: Clean Classrooms and Dishes!
"Initially, we experienced a lot of challenges pertaining [to] water. Drinking water was not always available. Also, food couldn't be cooked well [and] our hygiene was very poor," said 16-year-old Cynthia M., describing life before our rain tank installation last year. She continued, "We could [only] get water from the dam, which was not very safe...
A Year Later: "Life is good every day."
Before we rehabilitated the well in Yongoroo last year, it was overcrowded and didn't yield enough water for all the community's people. But now that fetching water is easy, life has become easier for kids like Isatu, who are sent to fetch water for their parents. Isatu said: "I want to thank God because we're not like other communities who do no...
A Year Later: "I have relief now."
Before the well in Satamodia was rehabilitated, Adamasey had so much trouble fetching water to complete her everyday activities. "It was not good for me as a woman in this community," Adamasey explained. "Women and water work together. If there is no water or not enough water, hygiene and sanitation will not be completed." "The distance I had to ...
A Year Later: Enough Sleep at Night!
Before we rehabilitated the well in her village, 15-year-old Mariama's days were strenuous. "It was [a] difficult moment for me," Mariama said. "I had to wake up very early in the morning to go to [the] stream to fetch water. I [would] break a lot of buckets for my mother and she [was] not happy about that. I sustained a lot of injuries on the wa...
A Year Later: Less Time in Line!
"There was a great challenge in my community due to the water facility. Though it was in use, the water was not enough to serve the number of people living in this community," said Aminata K., 16. She continued, "Because of that, we, the school-going kids, sometimes got late for school because we had to queue in the morning at this facility to fet...