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: Making Bricks and Building Homes!
Before we protected Akinda Spring in Makunga Community, the spring was constantly muddy and the water was cloudy with dirt. "We used to get dirty at the spring because the place was too muddy," explained 13-year-old Phoebe M. "It was hard to access the spring during [the] rainy season because it was slippery and dangerous." "We had a lot of w...
A Year Later: Time to Learn New Skills!
Before we protected the spring in Shivakala, the water was both difficult to collect and open to contamination. People spent a long time standing in line because filling a container took so long - then, once they got the water home, it would often make them sick. "I could waste most of my time queuing at the water point, denying me time to get b...
A Year Later: "We don't have to go to the swamp anymore."
Last year, Al Kitab Primary School's students had to spend hours collecting water instead of learning because their school did not have a reliable water source. "This school has gone through a lot of suffering, especially in the area of [a] water facility. Before this time, we normally [went] to the swamps to fetch water, [and] also we [would] g...
A Year Later: "We now enjoy ample time in class."
Students at Friends School Demesi Secondary used to have to skip school when they couldn't find enough water to bring with them. "Before [the] installation of this tank, students used to carry water to school, especially during the drought season," said 17-year-old Quickline M. "It was tiresome, prompting students [to] abscond [from] classes, ha...
A Year Later: Time to study and play!
"When I was sent to fetch water by my mother at the spring since I [was] a child, I used to wait for the adults to fetch water first, making me to wait for a long time in the line," said eight-year-old Ann when describing what life was like before Mungakha Spring was protected. "I would fetch dirty water since it had already been contaminated by...