A Year Later: Enough Sleep at Night!

Before we rehabilitated the well in her village, 15-year-old Mariama's days were strenuous.

"It was [a] difficult moment for me," Mariama said.

"I had to wake up very early in the morning to go to [the] stream to fetch water. I [would] break a lot of buckets for my mother and she [was] not happy about that. I sustained a lot of injuries on the way to the stream because the road was not good enough for us to walk through. We had to run in the morning, [racing] for who will fetch the clean water. This was a great concern for me and my mother [did] not allow me to play at night because I would have to go very early to the stream to fetch clean water."

But now, Mariama doesn't have to wake up early to race over a treacherous path each morning.

"I now have enough sleep at night because we have our own pump that is reliable at all times," she said. "And I am very happy that I have time to play with my friend at night before going to bed. It is the only chance we have to play after long hours of working in the farm, especially when the moon is shining."