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.
Busichula Community, Marko Spring
"The spring is located on a slope and before protection, it was open, thus making it exposed to all forms of contamination, especially from the surface runoff during the rainy seasons. The water was not clean and safe for drinking. It was dangerous and hard to fetch water. Some years back, a ten-year-old child drowned in the spring during the rainy...
Mbau Community
"Before the water project was complete getting water was not easy. I would have to use a donkey to access the few available water points in the village and ferry water back home. Sometimes the number of people at the source would be many, which would take time before filling all my containers as the water was from river scoop holes and sometimes fr...
Mbau Community
"We used to get water from our first shallow well. It was not enough for the community as it served the whole of this Mbau village. This source was supplemented by available scoop holes along our local stream to provide water for the community population. The ques at the source would sometimes be long, thus taking time for everyone to get water," s...
Kathamba Ngii Community
A walk around the Kathamba Ngii community a year after its sand dam and shallow well were completed presented a picture of a bumper harvest from the community member's farmlands. This is attributed to the reduction of time spent in pursuit of water thus increasing the time spent on personal farms thus the increased yields. "Getting water in our vi...
Kathamba Ngii Community
A walk around the Kathamba Ngii community a year after its sand dam and shallow well were completed presented a picture of a bumper harvest from the community member's farmlands. This is attributed to the reduction of time spent in pursuit of water thus increasing the time spent on personal farms thus the increased yields. "Getting water in our vi...