A Year Later: Danger from the Swamp is Over!

N'mbalu B., 13, shared what collecting water was like for her community before they had a new well installed last year. "It was a painful moment for everyone living in this community but there was no choice but have to continue living in a deplorable situation because my father could not afford money to construct a well for us. He has so many of us to take care [of], so we were left with no option than to go down [to] the swamp to fetch water."

"Now, I am happy, because I am not going down the swamp again to fetch water and my life is free from danger. Snakes cannot scare me again because I not going that way any longer. I am grateful that I do not have business with scorpions and spiders on the road."