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: Hopes of Preserving Clean Water and Better Health!
Before the waterpoint was protected last year Nixon, 14, could not find clean water to collect. He said, "It was dirty and the area was muddy." But since the spring protection, things have changed. "Now the area looks clean and safe to drink clean water," said Nixon. Nixon also told us his hopes for the future: "To preserve the waterpoint for the...
A Year Later: Improved Academics and Better Health!
"It was so hard because we used to go long distances in search for water. It was tiresome and, moreso, time-consuming. The water itself was not clean because surface water was used by so many people." Shalyne shared how life has been different over the past year. "Currently, it is easy to get water here because it is located within our proximity. ...
Over A Year Later: Better Treatment, Hygiene, and Academic Performance!
Before Kingsway's well was built, its people were at the mercy of locals wealthy enough to have dug their own wells, as 14-year-old Bockarie explained. "We were suffering in the hands of private pump owners. We were been treated as outcasts. They would turn us into errand boys/girls before they would finally give us water." But since May 2020, the...
Over A Year Later: No Water Shortage Means Money Saved!
50-year-old Mohamed Kamara has lived in Mahera since he was born, and he told us that water was always a problem for his community—until we rehabilitated their well in April, 2020. "It was very difficult for us as [a] community," Mohamed explained. "Sometimes it would take us one full day without water because when it broke down, it would take u...
A Year Later: Improved Health and More Time!
Before the new protected spring was installed, life in Mukhweso Community was difficult. Community members would waste a significant amount of time scooping water. "It was difficult because the environment of the water was not suitable," said Helen Kweyu, 37, who is chairperson of the Mukheso water user committee. The last year has made a dramat...