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: Safe from Water-Related Sickness!
Kadiatu, 14, recalled what life was like in the Maribo Community before her community's well was installed last year. "We, the children, were suffering greatly to fetch clean water. Sometimes, on the way to the source, we would come across difficulties, like seeing [a] snake on the road [or] hitting our toes. The road is very far from this villa...
A Year Later: Fetching Water is Much Easier!
Forty-two-year-old Rugiatu Kamara recalled what life was like in the Laminaya Community before the well was rehabilitated last year, and she became its caretaker. "It was not easy for me to fetch water. Since we didn't have [a] water well, [we could] only rely on swamp water. The distance to [the] swamp is far, and the water is not good to drink...
A Year Later: Water Allows Improved Health and Academic Focus!
Vivian, 14, recalled what life was like at Mukhungula Primary School before her community's well was installed last year. "I had a difficult time accessing clean and safe drinking water within the school premises. This led to reliance on potentially contaminated water sources, in this case, an unprotected spring or bringing water from home, whic...
A Year Later: Improved Food Security!
Farmer Benson Mutuku, 66, recalled what life was like in the Katothya Community before his community's sand dam was implemented last year. "Before the construction of this sand dam, we were faced with great water challenges. I would walk very long to get to the water point. We only depended on rains to practice farming, which was not sustainable...
A Year Later: Improved Health and A Brighter Future!
Farmer Rose Wekhau, 39, recalled what life was like in the Machemo Community before her community's spring was protected last year. "To get water from this water point was so hard because it forced us to carry a jug so that you [could bend] and scoop water, making it more tiresome," said Rose. Collecting water is now much less physically dema...