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NIGERIA – Zing Community, Taraba State, GPS: 08 56.864 N, 011 52.180 W. Number of villages: 5. Number of people in each village: 5,000. Number of pumps providing clean water to these villages: 0. [Read More]
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The Difference Between Life and Death
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010SIERRA LEONE – DC Kasongha Primary School, Lungi, Port Loko District
GPS: 08 36.456 N, 013 10.500 W
This school had a well that went dry in the dry season. The pump had been broken for two months. There were no toilets for the 1,250 students plus teachers. We repaired the well in March and installed a [...] -
“My children cannot grow.”
Thursday, September 30th, 2010RWANDA – Kibandi, Karongi district
GPS: 02 02.433 S, 029 24.822 E
The people of Kibande make their living growing bananas and sorghum. Their water comes from a nearby river that unfortunately makes the people sick. One farmer told us that his children suffer from diarrhea constantly. He said, “The sorghum grows well here. But my children [...] -
God’s Gift
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010NAMIBIA – Tsintsabis, Oshikoto
GPS: 18 46.097 S, 17 57.62 E
Excitement ran high at the Catholic church site where we changed out an old bush pump for a brand-new Afridev. This well has been serving the area around the clock for about three years now. Because of its location on the main road, travelers had become [...] -
Transformations
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010Valerie Whitt and Justin Mauldin spent the summer as interns in the Houston offices of Living Water International. In July, they had the chance to travel to Guatemala as part of a well-drilling team. Here, they share their experiences from the trip:
Valerie: I’ve been on many mission trips before, but being a part of [...] -
Good News to Everyone
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010KENYA – Ithanga Health Clinic, Thika District
GPS: 00 59.614 S, 037 20.375 E
Ithanga is in the interior of Thika district, about 50 kilometers from Thika Town (northeast of Nairobi). The area is very dry and remote. Ithanga happens to be isolated from the expansive Del Monte pineapple farm. Most people in Ithanga are subsistence farmers, [...] -
Better Water, Better Health
Thursday, September 16th, 2010ETHIOPIA – Meki-Wolda Keldina
GPS: 08 10.608 N, 038 48.564 E
In Ethiopia, communities like Meki-Wolda need sustainable solutions to the problems of water and sanitation. We work with the community leaders to organize a gathering at the well site in order to introduce basic concepts of hygiene and sanitation. The curriculum is based on the PHAST [...]
