Families: 68 – 1002 total people
Water Committee: 3 men and 7 women

Golden Kaliati has existed for over 100 years—and until recently, no one had ever tasted truly clean water. Families grew up drinking from streams, digging deep into the ground for handfuls of muddy water, and walking long distances just to fill a few buckets.

Before the water well, waterborne sickness was constant. Families made four to five clinic trips every month, each motorcycle ride costing 40,000 Kwacha because bicycle transport was too slow and dangerous—many would not survive the journey. Children frequently missed school due to diarrhea and cholera outbreaks.

Everything changed when the new water well was installed.

For the past 20 months, there has been zero cholera, zero vomiting, and zero diarrhea.

Johannes Kantande, the government healthcare worker overseeing 3 villages and 3,361 people, said the well has completely transformed his work. In the November 2023 cholera outbreak, 8 of the 17 hospitalized patients came from Golden Kaliati. Since the well’s installation?

“Cholera is palibe—none.”
 “The well makes my job easier.”

With clean water, families now save the money they once spent on clinic trips. During the current drought, those savings are keeping households fed and helping parents pay school fees.

Every child in the village is now attending school—100%—and families report major improvements in home life. Domestic violence linked to stress and illness has disappeared, and parents say their young girls are safer, with unwanted pregnancies no longer occurring.

Water quantity has also changed their daily life. Before, families collected 1–3 buckets a day. Now they can collect 5 or more, as much as they need.

For the first time in generations, Golden Kaliati is healthy, hopeful, and thriving—because clean water finally reached them.