A Year Later: No More Wasted Time!

Before Mukoko Community's spring was protected, people wasted so much time just fetching water to perform their daily activities.

10-year-old John L. recalled what life was like last year before the community had a source of safe, reliable water. "It was hard and unhealthy. The struggle at the water point used to make [the] water dirty before even we finished to draw water. Because we did not have [any] other water source, we would just take the water as it was."

But now, life for John and everyone else in Mukoko has changed.

"Now there is no struggling and we take home clean and safe water," John said. "We no longer waste time at the source [like] before, but draw water faster to give way for others too. [I] am happy that now I can have time to play with my friends, time for extra studies, and time to help my parents with farm work activities whenever needed."

John, center, stands at the spring with a fellow community member and an employee of The Water Project.