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: Ready Access to Water!
Adama Kamara recalled what life was like in the Korobana Community before her community's well was rehabilitated last year. "I faced a lot of constraints to fetch water before the completion of this project. As a farmer, I used to go to the swamp to fetch water. This would delay my farming activities because the water source is far away from the...
A Year Later: Fewer Water-Related Illnesses!
Forty-six-year-old farmer Ibrahim Kamara recalled what life was like in the Karma Community before his community's well was rehabilitated last year. "It was so difficult for this village in terms of safe drinking water. Our women and children went through a lot of struggles by going all the way to the swamps to fetch water, which was not good fo...
A Year Later: Water Enables Income-Generation!
Thirty-four-year-old farmer Alphonse Anunda recalled what life was like in the Mwikholo Community before his community's spring was protected last year. "The initial state of our spring was so pathetic that the only way we could get water was to step in the mud [and then] with the same dirty legs step in the drinking water for there was no disch...
A Year Later: Improved Community Relationships!
Purity, 16, recalled what life was like in the Mayuge Community before her community's spring was protected last year. "We used to crowd at the water point, struggling to collect water first to rush home and continue with other work. This was because water had diverted to different directions, making it difficult to collect and time-wasting," Pu...
A Year Later: "I no longer worry about water."
Farmer Florence Mukachelelwa, 61, recalled what life was like in the Muhoni Community before her community's spring was protected last year. "Ever since I married in this community, morning hours [were] never good for me, especially during school days. The thought of carrying jerrycans to fetch water really disturbed me. This [is] because access...