A Year Later: Water is Near and the Way is Safe!

"Before this project was completed, my mother would send me to the open sources [of water], which were far away within the sugarcane plantations," said 10-year-old Julliet P. "I feared moving alone because sometimes I would encounter snakes and run back home without water. This would really disappoint my mother."

The well in Marongo-Kahembe used to break so often that it was unusable. But now, Julliet's water-fetching task has become much easier, faster, and safer.

"The water source is nearer to home and easily accessible," Julliet continued. "[I] am able to collect water at any time I feel like, and I feel it's much safer for me, compared to before when this borehole was down. Every time I come back from school, [I] am able to rush to the borehole to collect some water for washing my uniforms, and this has improved a lot on my hygiene while at school."

Julliet fetches water.