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: “It's now easier to fetch water."
Witney, 9, recalled what life was like in the Musingu Community before her community's spring was protected last year. "The water was always dirty. Community members used to contaminate the open water with laundry works at the spring. My fellow kids used to play [in] the spring and would end up falling in the water," said Witney. Collecting w...
A Year Later: Clean Water for Drinking & Hygiene!
Grivin, 14, recalled what life was like in the Muchini Community before his community's spring was protected last year. "This area is swampy, so accessing the water point was hard because the place was too slippery. Secondly, the water was open to all kinds of contaminations; we even feared [to] drink it," said Grivin. Collecting water is now...
A Year Later: Time for School and Play!
Adelide, 8, recalled what life was like in the Lukova Community before her community's spring was protected last year. "It was [so] hard that I used to fear coming to the spring because of the poor terrain that led into the spring. Breaking my bucket or container if I fell would result in a thorough beating from my mum, and so a thought of comin...
A Year Later: "I do not get sick anymore."
Faith, 10, recalled what life was like at Kwa Mutisya Primary School before her school's water tank was installed last year. "We used to carry water from home, which was very tiresome. We could not wash our hands because we did not have enough water. We also had to drink the contaminated water, which made us develop stomach pains," said Faith. ...
A Year Later: "I want to be a pilot when I grow up, because now I have enough time to study."
Dennis, 10, recalled what life was like in the Kalaa PAG Primary School before his school's rainwater catchment was implemented last year. "Life before the construction of this water point was unbearable because of the immense water shortage in school. I had to carry water to school every morning, and I would arrive late leading to punishment by...