A Year Later: "Nobody has buried a child."

As the village headman and chairperson of the community's water user committee, 60-year-old Mohamed Kamara remembers all too well what life in Masinneh was like before their well was rehabilitated last year.

"It was a great constraint for me and my people in this community," Mohamed said.

"Over the years, we used to have cholera outbreaks in this community. We had lost so many children to cholera in [the] past because where we were fetching water was not good for drinking, especially in the rainy seasons. All the water mixed up together. I was concerned as head of this community, but there was nothing I [could] do about it. I was frustrated seeing both young and old sick with cholera, dysentery, and other waterborne diseases."

Now, Masinneh's people are thriving: no more drinking contaminated water or worrying about the well going dry.

"There is great joy in my life today," Mohamed said. "For the past one year, we [have not had] any cholera outbreak in this community and other surrounding villages. It has impacted so much on my life because nobody has buried a child due [to] cholera or any waterborne disease. I am proud to say that we have clean and safe drinking water that is reliable [and] affordable throughout the seasons."