A Year Later: Time for Learning!

17-year-old Fatmata recalled what life was like in the Bankinya Community before her community’s well was rehabilitated last year.

“Before the completion of this well, I used to go to the swamp to fetch water for drinking and household use. That would always make me late to go to school as the swamp is far from the community,” Fatmata said.

Collecting water is now much faster and closer to home for Fatmata and the other community members in Bankinya.

“It is now easy for me to fetch water because there is a well within the community. This has impacted my life by providing the right quantity of water I need, and I am able to do my household chores,” continued Fatmata.

"This [helps] make me achieve a goal of going to school on time," concluded Fatmata.

Having ready access to clean water from the well has made a difference for Fatmata, relieving her from wasting her time and energy collecting dirty water from the swamp. Now, she collects water quickly from the protected well, does her chores, and gets to school on time to focus on learning.