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: ". . . No Stress in Getting Water"
Kimanthi W., 16, recalled what life was like in Yumbani before her community’s well was implemented last year. "Before the construction of this project, life was very hard. We used to get water from very far, [from] a river. We could leave for the river once we came back from school, which would be very tedious for us. Many of the times, we mi...
A Year Later: Very Happy for Safe Drinking Water!
Mohammed Sankoh, 45, recalled what life was like in Masoro before his community's well was implemented last year. "[For] so many years in this village, we were struggling a lot in this village because our children and women had to go all the way to swamps just [to] find a place where they can get water for our domestics use. The water was so red...
A Year Later: Water Makes Farming Possible!
Farmer Meshack Musyoka, 22, recalled what life was like in Nthonzweni Community before his community's sand dam was implemented last year. "Before the construction of this sand dam, we faced many challenges. It was difficult looking for water. We wasted a lot of time walking to rivers which are very far from here. We relied on scoop holes, which...
A Year Later: Enough Time for School!
Isatu Conteh, 18, recalled what life was like in Petifu Junction Community before her community's well was rehabilitated last year. "Before, we were having break down[s] with [the] pump, causing [a] few days that we are without safe water. This caused us to fetch water from the stream, which is about 200 meters away from my house. I wasted a lot...
A Year Later: "Our Kids are Healthy!"
Felistus Wamalwa, 54, recalled what life was like in Shiandiche Primary School before her school's well was installed last year. "Things were not easy at all. Our pupils had the whole heavy responsibility of carrying water from different sources. Some neighbors would chase them away when they would go begging for water. With the water coming fro...