{"id":832,"date":"2009-07-22T11:56:59","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T16:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/?p=832"},"modified":"2017-11-28T10:55:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T15:55:03","slug":"musungururu-community-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/2009\/07\/22\/musungururu-community-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Musungururu Community Well"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-833\" title=\"Musungururu9\" src=\"http:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu9-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Musungururu9\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu9.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Update: Nov. 17, 2009 &#8211; The well is complete!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Update: Oct. 7th, 2009 &#8211; The borehole has been drilled and is awaiting pump installation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Construction <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">has begun<\/span> is complete on the Musungururu Community Well.<\/p>\n<p>Our drilling partner reported,\u00a0 &#8220;The beneficiaries welcomed their new water source with joy and thanked God for answering their prayer\u00a0 of clean and safe water. They promised to ask blessings from God for whoever donated towards this well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This community is located in the Central Butsotso Location in Western Kenya, near Kakamega.<\/p>\n<p>The water project <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">will<\/span> serves about 740 people in the surrounding area.\u00a0 A water committee consisting of 3 men and 7 women has been formed and the community has contributed about $300USD to acquire surveys and permits for the new well.<\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">current<\/span> previous water source is an unprotected spring about 4km from the community.\u00a0 The water quality is very poor.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">This well is being funded by:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><br \/>\nAmes High School &#8211; Ames, IA<br \/>\nSt. Andrews Episcopal School &#8211; Potomac, MD<br \/>\nHope International   University &#8211; POL4200 Class<br \/>\nSeoul American Middle School<br \/>\nNathalie S. &amp; Fleming College &#8211; Orangeville, ON<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Paul &amp; Cathy L. &#8211; NC<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more See more pictures inside --><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-832 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/4102204621_0477817fb9_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/4102204621_0477817fb9_o-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/3989876869_f0a3b0651c_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/3989876869_f0a3b0651c_o-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1184\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1184'>\n\t\t\t\tCapping the new borehole\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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href='https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu9.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Musungururu9-150x150.jpg\" 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