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: Hopeful for the Future!
Memunatu B., 13, shared the water challenges she faced daily before rehabilitating the well at her school. "We used to find it difficult when we wanted to use the toilet and when we wanted to drink water. I had to bring water from my house to school, but it was not enough because my friends who did not have [the] opportunity to have a one-liter rub...
A Year Later: Improved Hygiene and Sanitation!
Mariama K., 16, shared what it was like for her before her school had their well rehabilitated last year. "It was not totally bad, but the challenge that I was having is the pump head that was there before was very heavy for me to pump water from this facility." The inability to collect water from the school's waterpoint led Mariama to search for ...
A Year Later: No More Searching for Water!
When asked about her life before our intervention in her community, Abibatu K., a 14-year-old student, said, "It was not easy for me because when I wanted to drink water. I had to go out of class to go in [the] neighborhood to ask for water. And sometimes, when I wanted to use the toilet, I had to go in the neighborhood to ask for water so that I c...
A Year Later: Collecting Water is Simpler!
Abdul, 10, shared how life was for him before the new water point was installed. "It was very painful for me because I used to fetch water from an open well. As a small child, I was not able to draw water from this well. I had to beg my elders to draw water from the well for me. Sometimes they will demand me to work for them before they could fill ...
A Year Later: Better School Performance and Hygiene!
"Before this water point was completed, I used to collect water from open sources," said 13-year-old Annet. "I hated collecting water due to the long distance, and each time I hesitated to go and collect water, I would be [punished] by my mother." But now that there's a new borehole well in Kaitabahuma I, Annet and her family no longer need to dri...