A Year Later: "I now use less than 5 minutes at the water point"

Community members in Lunyinya used to spend a lot of time collecting water from Shirongo Spring. And sadly, the water they worked so hard to collect made them ill with water-related illnesses.

"I used to queue for a very long time while fetching water from the spring due to its unprotected nature," said nine-year-old Josiah M.

But we protected the spring last year, and since then, water has been freely flowing and has made a significant difference in everyone's daily life.

When we asked Josiah how the waterpoint has helped him, he said he saves time.

"I fetch water comfortably from the pipe and don’t queue anymore since there's enough water which is always available. I now use less than five minutes at the water point fetching water, unlike before, [when] I queued for [a] long [time]," said Josiah.