Word of the day:
Bambo = Man/Father
Mayi = Woman/Mother
While access to water is something that we often take for granted, for many, it is a privilege. For many rural communities across Africa, water access is a daily challenge for them. Often with many clean sources of water, being miles away from their village, families often have to dedicate hours everyday to retrieving water.
This valuable time spent getting clean water can often inhibit many children in rural communities from receiving education and schooling. Thus, our project aims at alleviating this structural issue.
While access to water is something that we often take for granted, for many, it is a privilege. For many rural communities across Africa, water access is a daily challenge for them. Often with many clean sources of water, being miles away from their village, families often have to dedicate hours everyday to retrieving water.
This valuable time spent getting clean water can often inhibit many children in rural communities from receiving education and schooling. Thus, our project aims at alleviating this structural issue.
Let’s take a look at Lydia Kacheri, whose family has benefited from the newly built water distribution system.
| Lydia Kacheri is a single mother of 4 children in the Solomoni community. Lydia is the mother to two older sons, aged 18 and 19, and two younger daughters, aged 12 and 8. In order to supply the household, Lydia and the daughters will often have to take multiple trips to a borehole, taking approximately 8 trips and a total of 120 gallons of water a day. By building a pump and running water at the schools, it eliminates some of the households’ need for water, and allows Lydia’s daughters to spend more time on their schoolwork and education. |
There were many more people who were both living in the community and working in the community. Here’s a slideshow of some major community members who made our journey in Malawi super welcoming and smooth: People Profiles
