Project Status



Project Type:  Borehole Well and Hand Pump

Program: Wells for Rwanda

Impact: 500 Served

Project Phase: 
Community Managed
Implementing Partner Monitoring Data Unavailable
Initial Installation: Jul 2011

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Community Profile

Our implementing partner reports from the field...

"When the team arrived, community members were using a river located seven kilometers away from the community, to meet all of their water needs. During the team’s stay, community members assisted the team with the water project whenever possible and helped provide security over the project during the night. The majority of community members sustain a living by farming and selling their produce at local markets. The community health clinic has 24,000 patients and holds 42 beds. The most common illnesses treated in the clinic are amoebas and dysentery. The nearest school is located half a kilometer away from the community whose students, teachers and administrative personnel all have access to the new, safe water source. Before leaving the community, the team provided community member, Samuel Mbanijrana, with a LWI Rwanda contact number in case their well were to fall into disrepair, become subject to vandalism or theft.

LWI team member, Philip Rukamba taught health and hygiene to 48 people in the community. During the hygiene education, the team shared the following: Disease transmission, germs, hand washing, proper water saving techniques, healthy and unhealthy communities, diarrhea, tippy tap and simple hand washing, good and bad hygiene behavior, disease transmissions, clean hands and clean hearts, dental hygiene and how to keep the pump site clean.

The team had an opportunity to meet with thirty-three year old community member and cashier, Samuel Mbanjirana, who stated, "We are very happy to get this clean water. We have been walking more than 7 kilometers to get dirty water. We thank you."

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Abundant water is often right under our feet! Beneath the Earth’s surface, rivers called aquifers flow through layers of sediment and rock, providing a constant supply of safe water. For borehole wells, we drill deep into the earth, allowing us to access this water which is naturally filtered and protected from sources of contamination at the surface level. First, we decide where to drill by surveying the area and determining where aquifers are likely to sit. To reach the underground water, our drill rigs plunge through meters (sometimes even hundreds of meters!) of soil, silt, rock, and more. Once the drill finds water, we build a well platform and attach a hand pump. If all goes as planned, the community is left with a safe, closed water source providing around five gallons of water per minute! Learn more here!


Sponsors


135 individual donors
Runck Family Gift
MWS Engineering
Kekionga Middle School
lift and walk
Thirsty Monitors
Crusaders for Conserving Water!
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Howard Hall, University of Notre Dame
Ascension Lutheran Church