Giving Update: Ebutindi Community, Tondolo Spring

"Before protection, the area surrounding the spring was filthy with garbage and the passageway was muddy. There was long grass all over and shrubs surrounding the spring, therefore mosquitoes always bit people when they went to fetch water. This made malaria so prevalent in this village."

"Today, people get to the spring with ease since the road leading to the spring now has good drainage that we made to direct stormwater to the nearby trench. People no longer slide and fall when they go to fetch water."

"Staircases were also built at the entrance to the spring and this has made it comfortable to get to the drawing area. In addition to that, nobody is bitten by mosquitoes when they go to fetch water."

"Young men in this village now draw water from this source to sell to hotel owners at Essunza Market. They have many customers, unlike before, when the hotel owners could not allow them to sell their unsafe water from the unprotected Tondolo spring. This has improved the livelihood in this area."

A water vendor fills up his jerrycan before bringing it to sell in town.