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: Dreams of becoming a model!
Last year, the students at Mahola Primary School often had to bring water to school because the school's hand-dug well was drying up. "I had to depend on myself for water, and it was very tough. I stay with my grandmother, who is not strong enough to go look for water. I had to do double work [to] get her water, then get mine. Sometimes I could g...
A Year Later: Progress - from a well to piped water!
Last year, the students at Shamberere Boys' High School spent too much time searching for and collecting water instead of studying. "We used to waste a lot of our time going for water outside the school, even at night, which was very risky," said 17-year-old Calistus M. "[Our] sanitation practices were very poor and hard because there was not eno...
A Year Later: Higher Self-Esteem!
Before we helped the people in Kangalu construct a new sand dam and shallow well in their community, everyone had to walk debilitating distances just to supply their households with water each day, in amounts that were often inadequate for all their needs. The contaminated water that they collected also made them sick, which hurt their health more ...
A Year Later: "This water point has impacted my entire family life."
Last year the community members in Bai Bureh Junction had to find water wherever they could, costing them valuable time and risking their health. "Thanks to the almighty God for keeping me alive. To have clean drinking was difficult for me. Most times, my wife could not cook on time. Even taking my bath two times a day was difficult for me. My chi...
A Year Later: "Water is safe for me to drink"
A year ago, regardless of how carefully community members in Kalenda collected water from Sanya Spring, they still had to sieve it. And although the water looked cleaner, it was still contaminated and made them ill. "It has not been [an] uneasy journey to me. I used to crouch when [I] was fetching water, and this caused contamination of [the] wate...