Borehole Well and Hand Pump
Rehabilitation Project
Our implementing partner reports...
SOS Children’s Village provides a home to children without parents. They have a school, nurse's station, cafeteria and dormitories on their campus. The one thing their campus has been missing is water. When the team arrived, community members were forced to utilize a spring to meet all of their water needs and because of this, residents and students were suffering from dysentery and malaria. During the team’s stay, community members assembled a water committee consisting of two men who assisted the team with the water project and provided security over the project during the night. The majority of community members sustain a living by farming and selling their produce at local markets. Before leaving the community, the team provided community member, Munyehana Muberuga, with a LWI Rwanda contact number in case their well were to fall into disrepair, become subject to vandalism or theft.
The team had an opportunity to meet with thirty-six year old community member and school secretary, Munyehana Muberuga, who stated, “The old water was too far away. We could not provide enough water for the orphans until now. Thank you so much!”
The LWI Rwanda team shared hygiene education with 81 community members gathered at the well site. During the hygiene education, the team addressed the following principle issues: Disease transmission, Germs, Hand Washing proper techniques and water saving methods, Healthy Unhealthy Communities, Oral Rehydration Solution, Proper care of the pump, Keeping the water clean, Tippy Tap- simple hand washing devise, Good-bad hygiene behaviors, Disease Transmission Stories and Dental Hygiene.
