Stories from the Field
As we work to provide water, we're committed to helping people like you meet your global neighbors and to realize that we all share the same basic needs. We hope to break down stereotypes and the false distinctions between the so-called winners and losers, rich and poor, the needy and charitable, by introducing you to the people we serve with the respect and admiration they rightfully deserve.
These are stories of hope, told in the words of those who carry out this work every day - our friends in the field.
Elukani Community, Ongari Spring
Since Ongari Spring was protected in Elukani last year, community members' lives have improved positively in terms of hygiene practices and access to clean and water. Waterborne diseases have decreased tremendously, and community members now lead more healthy lives. Having looked at some of the homesteads in this community, it is evident that they...
Lwenya Community, Warosi Spring
The lives of community members in Lwenya have greatly improved since the protection of Warosi Spring last year. Accessing clean and safe drinking water from Warosi spring has helped to reduce incidences of waterborne diseases that were once so rampant here. The situation was worse before the spring protection since there was both human and animal ...
Bumavi Community, Esther Spring
Since the protection of Esther Spring in Bumavi last year, the improved access to clean and safe water in this community has helped reduce incidences of waterborne diseases that were once a very big problem. The situation would get worse during the dry season when people would fight for water and young children would be left last in line at the spr...
Mwichina Community, Mwichina Spring
There has been peace and harmony in Mwichina since the protection of Mwichina Spring last year. Before the protection of this spring, women could come and start gossiping about one another as they waited a long time for the water to clear up before fetching it, and while they waited their turn in line. Now the source is well protected and no more ...
Maganyi Community, Bebei Spring
Ever since the protection of Bebei Spring in Maganyi Community last year, community members have been accessing water from a safer source, which discharges sufficient water for them to use in their household chores such as cooking, washing, irrigating their crops, watering their livestock, and for drinking. Their unprotected spring used to be a big...