Project Status



Project Type:  Borehole Well and Hand Pump

Program: Wells for Sudan

Impact: 60 Served

Project Phase: 
Community Managed
Implementing Partner Monitoring Data Unavailable
Initial Installation: Jan 2010

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Community Profile

A new well has been constructed in the village of Muresuk, Kigwo in Southern Sudan.  The drilling was finished on Jan. 12, 2010.

This small village is home to 12 households of approximately 60 people.  The well also serves a church and school, both in an adjacent village.

Community Connection:

 

Kakule Margret

"In this village we get our
water from a stream.  The water amount of water depends on how much
rain we get each year.  This last year the rain was not much so right
now the stream is dry.  Getting water this year has become a big
problem.  We would have to go very early to the dry stream bed and dig
the sand and wait for the water to seep from the sand.  We are worried
about our water.  Though it looks clean, it has a bad smell.  We
believe it is contaminated with things we cannot see.  Furthermore, the
stream is a long distance from our village.  We become tired of walking
the long distance and we also share it with the animals.

We are praying for the borehole to be drilled in our village to solve
the above problems.  The whole village is sick of unsafe water."

 

Samuel Wani

"We used to get our water at
Kigwo Stream.  This is mainly during the rainy season.  IN the dry
months the streams goes completely dry.  This is the period where all
living things including cattle, goats, and humans suffer from lack of
water.

We were planning to move to the bank of the Nile River this month because there was little rain and the stream was dry.

Today we are saved from dying due to lack of water and water born
diseases.  Our children used to fall sick frequently.  We believe that
because of the new borehole we will see a change.

We are so blessed for the sanitation training.  Now that we have water, we are going to make sure the sanitation and hygiene issues must be improved in this
village.  Thank you!  May God bless the people who gave use this water."

 

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Project Type

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

Groups:
Jumps 4 Joy