A Year Later: "Fetching water is easy and faster"

Until last year, the chore of collecting water from Musava Spring was time-consuming as community members painstakingly scooped up water from a small pool little by little. And sadly, all of that work only provided contaminated water, which led to poor health from water-related illnesses.

"We used to [use] deep containers in the open water source to fetch water. It could make the water dirty and cause fights at the spring," said 12-year-old Morgan M.

But since the spring was protected last year, collecting water has become much quicker for everyone.

"[Now] fetching water is easy and faster than before since a pipe was installed to direct water to the jerrycan. I do not waste time at the spring anymore," Morgan said.

Since fetching water has become much faster, Morgan now also has time for other things besides just collecting water.

"My siblings and I assist my mother to fetch water from the spring, and we still get time to do our homework in the evenings and over the weekends," said Morgan. "We also have time to play with our friends."

Morgan at the spring.