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: Income Generating Projects Have Increased!
Farmer Jamila Mwivamda, 40, shared, "I used to go and fetch water [from] very far [away]. [For] drinking water, I used to hire someone to go and fetch it for me." She continued, "I am now able to fetch water very easily. I do not need to pay for water anymore. I now drink water whose source [I] am aware of, unlike when I used to send someone [and]...
A Year Later: Access to Water is an Answered Prayer!
Fatmata K. is only 15, but her life has already been very challenging. She shared how getting water was before her community had a well rehabilitated last year. "It was not easy for me. When my father was alive, he used to reason with me and sometimes tell my mother not to send me down [to] the swamp to fetch water in the morning when it was cold o...
A Year Later: Time for Studying and Football!
Gladys M., 16, said, "[Before the spring protection] the water source was open for all contamination, [and there was] no fence which could protect animals from accessing the water source. During [the] rainy season, accessing the area was difficult due to [the] slippery and muddy clays of the surrounding [area]." But now that the spring has been pr...
A Year Later: Entire Community Has Access to Water!
Aminata K., 15, shared her strong feelings about suffering without access to clean, safe water before her community installed a new well last year. She said, "I hated those days in my life as a child where one had to wake up very early in the morning to go to the swamp to fetch water before going to school and also in the evening after school. I ha...
A Year Later: Less Sickness and Improved Grades!
Constantine, 18, shared what life was like before the spring protection in her community last year. "Before the completion of this water point, getting water was hard and it consumed a lot of our time. One needed to wait for the water to be clean before fetching, especially when there was congestion at the water point." "Now, getting water from th...