Do you need a little boost to start your day? Today's report should do it.
Imagine it's hot. Scorching. It's also the dry season. Your entire village of 400 people is dependent on a water source an hour's walk away.
Then two young people from your village show up offering to fix your well. One of them is a woman! Whoever heard of such a thing?
A long discussion ensues where it is agreed the village will pay this repair team $30 plus parts to fix the well. But first, they have prove they can fix it.
And then they fix the well!
One of the men in the village shared his feelings about all this craziness.
“My name is Run Wol Thiik. I am a father of four children. Our well was broken down in our village, and we suffered with our animals a lot. Now we are happy for the newly trained Joseph Kuot and Achol Madut, our community members. They will come when we contact them in the future. That is now our primary hope.”
Run Wol's village is Bakdeer in Gogrial East County, Warrap State (GPS N. 8°12’37.524 / E. 28°31’59.928). The reason you don't see roads on this map is that there aren't any.
The well committee for Bakdeer collects well fees for repair and maintenance. In Warrap State, where raising cattle and goats is the business, clean water is the difference between success and failure.
That's why we just ordered a new truck from Dubai and more spare parts from Uganda. The only thing that can hold this Women’s Well Repair Initiative up is money and supplies.
Please consider a gift now so Joseph and Achol can fulfill their dreams of meeting the most basic need in their communities, clean water. Click here to learn more.
Meet The Dynamic Team Responsible For This Repair
Rebecca Achol Madut Muorwel
Age: 23 years
Village: Mayom, Gogrial East County
Education level: Senior 3 (11th Grade)
Married with 2 children
“I accepted to come to this training because I want to help women to have constant access to clean water since I know the struggles they experience every day personally, particularly when a water pump is broken.”
Joseph Kuot Thiik
Age:22 years
Village: Mading, Gogrial East County
Education Level: First Year University
“This training is matching my education of economics. Now I want to acquire business skills and also well repairs skills to help my community have access to clean water without disruption that always experience when water well breaks down.”
