Completed Projects

Here are some of the projects that we have completed over the years.

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Juma Village #2CAugust 10, 2020Dedication: Brittany Harris and Family Installation Date: August 10, 2020 Location:Village: Juma Village #2CDistrict: ThyoloCountry: Malawi GPS Location: See bottom of page. Photos Coming Soon! Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we were not able to obtain photographs in 2020. We are working to do that in the first 6 months of 2021, and will post pictures as soon as possible. Pre-Borehole Notes Difficulties these villagers faced: Water source was a hand dug well along the Nagahena River and would sometimes produce dirty water. Sometimes the wait at the water source would be 3 hours. Very difficult to access the well during the rainy season. Women would fall and break buckets. School children would be late for school due to long wait at the water source. During the rainy season, people would get diarrhea and 7 people suffered from cholera. Mothers would spend some much time getting water that their children would go hungry....
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Juma Village #2AAugust 9, 2020Dedication: Brittany Harris and Family Installation Date: August 9, 2020 Location:Village: Juma Village #2ADistrict: ThyoloCountry: Malawi GPS Location: See bottom of page. Photos Coming Soon! Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we were not able to obtain photographs in 2020. We are working to do that in the first 6 months of 2021, and will post pictures as soon as possible. Pre-Borehole Notes Difficulties these villagers faced: Water source was a hand dug well along the Nagahena River and would sometimes produce dirty water. Sometimes the wait at the water source would be 3 hours. Very difficult to access the well during the rainy season. Women would fall and break buckets. School children would be late for school due to long wait at the water source. During the rainy season, people would get diarrhea and 7 people suffered from cholera. Mothers would spend some much time getting water that their children would go hungry....
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Juma Village #2BAugust 8, 2020Dedication: Brittany Harris and Family Installation Date: August 8, 2020 Location:Village: Juma Village #2BDistrict: ThyoloCountry: Malawi GPS Location: See bottom of page. Photos Coming Soon! Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we were not able to obtain photographs in 2020. We are working to do that in the first 6 months of 2021, and will post pictures as soon as possible. Pre-Borehole Notes Difficulties these villagers faced: Water source was a hand dug well along the Nagahena River and would sometimes produce dirty water. Sometimes the wait at the water source would be 3 hours. Very difficult to access the well during the rainy season. Women would fall and break buckets. School children would be late for school due to long wait at the water source. During the rainy season, people would get diarrhea and 7 people suffered from cholera. Mothers would spend some much time getting water that their children would go hungry....
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Kumchisa VillageMay 7, 2020Dedication: Keith and Julie Lundquist Installation Date: May 7, 2020 Location:Village: Kumchisa VillageDistrict: MangochiCountry: Malawi GPS Location: See bottom of page. Photos Coming Soon! Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we were not able to obtain photographs in 2020. We are working to do that in the first 6 months of 2021, and will post pictures as soon as possible. Pre-Borehole Notes Difficulties these villagers faced: Previous source of water was a shallow well in a mountain cave, sometimes shared with baboons and other monkeys. People would go days with a bath. Many students would miss school because they were very late spending time retrieving water. They used to have many cases of diarrhea. Family problems as some men suspected their wives were with other men than going to the water source. GPS Location...
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Dickson VillageMay 2, 2020Dedication: Sofie Roux Installation Date: May 2, 2020 Location:Village: Dickson VillageDistrict: MangochiCountry: Malawi Households using this well: Approximately 130 GPS Location: See bottom of page. Photos Coming Soon! Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we were not able to obtain photographs in 2020. We are working to do that in the first 6 months of 2021, and will post pictures as soon as possible. Pre-Borehole Notes Difficulties these villagers faced: Previous source was a primary school borehole which was being overcrowded. Women used to spend a lot of time in search of water and this used to derail them from community developmental projects. GPS Location...
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Chajila VillageApril 28, 2020Dedication: Columbus Public Schools, Middle School Music Department Installation Date: April 28, 2020 Location:Village: Chajila VillageDistrict: MangochiCountry: Malawi Households using this well: Approximately 92 GPS Location: See bottom of page. Photos Coming Soon! Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we were not able to obtain photographs in 2020. We are working to do that in the first 6 months of 2021, and will post pictures as soon as possible. Pre-Borehole Notes The previous main sources of water were shallow wells along the rivers. Difficulties these villagers faced: No safe clean water. Water was dirty and people were getting diarrhea. About 25 people this year get diarrhea in 2020 alone. Women spend a lot of time at the current water source and they don’t have time to do household chores. Families were having problems because most men were suspicious of their wives because they were spending a lot of time at the water source. They were sharing water sources with baboons and monkeys. GPS Location...
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Kwipulumbu VillageApril 26, 2020Dedication: Jim and Kathy Nobilione Installation Date: April 26, 2020 Location: Village: Mwikawa Village #2District: MachingaCountry: Malawi Households using this well: Approximately 100 GPS Location: See bottom of page Photos Coming Soon! Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we were not able to obtain photographs in 2020. We are working to do that in the first 6 months of 2021, and will post pictures as soon as possible. Pre-Borehole Notes Difficulties these villagers faced: Men and women used to spend time in making several shallow wells During rainy season the water was very dirty They were spending a lot of time at the water source People used to get sick of diarrhea Sometimes they could drink water at the same pool with snakes and monkeys Now men will be able to have garden through spilled water People are very appreciative They use to have cholera – three people suffered from cholera during the previous rainy season GPS Location...
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Mdima VillageApril 25, 2020Dedication: River of Truth Church, Pastor Walter de Graaf Installation Date: April 25, 2020 Location:Village: Mdima VillageDistrict: MangochiCountry: Malawi Households using this well: Approximately 30 GPS Location: See bottom of page. Photos Coming Soon! Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we were not able to obtain photographs in 2020. We are working to do that in the first 6 months of 2021, and will post pictures as soon as possible. Pre-Borehole Notes Difficulties these villagers faced: Previous water source was a shallow well from the mountain. Dirty water was causing cases of diarrhea. School children would be late for school. Women used to wake up at midnight to go and draw water from the mountain. They could meet hyena and snakes while searching for water. Sometimes it would take 8 hours searching for water. GPS Location...
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Kanyenga Village #1April 24, 2020Dedication: Don and Victoria Roy Installation Date: April 24, 2020 Location:Village: Kanyenga Village #1District: MangochiCountry: Malawi Households using this well: Approximately 40 GPS Location: See bottom of page. Photos Coming Soon! Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we were not able to obtain photographs in 2020. We are working to do that in the first 6 months of 2021, and will post pictures as soon as possible. Pre-Borehole Notes Difficulties these villagers faced: They used to have long waits at a dirty water source shared with animals or a school well which would disturb students. Many people would experience diarrhea. GPS Location...
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Jambo Village #1April 22, 2020Dedication: Molly Court Eastling Installation Date: April 22, 2020 Location:Village: Jambo Village #1District: MangochiCountry: Malawi Households using this well: Approximately 15 GPS Location: See bottom of page Photos Coming Soon! Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we were not able to obtain photographs in 2020. We are working to do that in the first 6 months of 2021, and will post pictures as soon as possible. Pre-Borehole Notes Difficulties these villagers faced: School girls were dropping out of school due to too much time spent at water source. Previous water source was extremely slow. Families struggled to do house chores and to farm the field because of time spent gathering water. They had many family problems as men thought their wives were lying because they would return home very late from the water source. Famers didn’t have enough water to use for their gardens. GPS Location...
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Jambo Village #2April 22, 2020Dedication: Awo Muse Installation Date: April 22, 2020 Location:Village: Jambo Village #2District: MangochiCountry: Malawi Households using this well: Approximately 73 GPS Location: See bottom of page. Photos Coming Soon! Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we were not able to obtain photographs in 2020. We are working to do that in the first 6 months of 2021, and will post pictures as soon as possible. Pre-Borehole Notes Difficulties these villagers faced: School children are going very late to school, often in dirty clothes. People would wake up at 3 AM to go and wait for water. In dry season, they were forced to drink water from shallow wells which gave them diarrhea. Men would become suspicious of their wives and families were disturbed by long waits at the water source. Some people did not have the time to go to church. GPS Location...
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Kanyenga Village #2April 11, 2020Dedication: Sonlight Foursquare Church Installation Date: April 11, 2020 Location:Village: Kanyenga Village #2District: MangochiCountry: Malawi Households using this well: Approximately 29 GPS Location: See bottom of page. Photos Coming Soon! Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we were not able to obtain photographs in 2020. We are working to do that in the first 6 months of 2021, and will post pictures as soon as possible. Pre-Borehole Notes Difficulties these villagers faced: One child has already died of cholera. Many people have experienced diarrhea. They used to have very long waits at the previous water source. GPS Location...
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Watota VillageJuly 1, 2019Dedication: Sofie Roux 2019 Installation Date: July 1, 2019 Location:Village: Watota VillageDistrict: MachingaCountry: Malawi Village Quotes: Sime Jafali: Chief: “This is the first bore hole in this area. We would walk two hours to collect dirty water in the dry season. People are sick every month, especially in the rainy season.” GPS Location: See bottom of page. Dedication Video 2019 Photos Sime Jafali: Chief: “This is the first bore hole in this area. We would walk two hours to collect dirty water in the dry season. People are sick every month, especially in the rainy season.”...
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Chibwana VillageJune 25, 2019Dedication: Guy Hocker and the Madzi Ni Moyo 2019 Wishing Well Installation Date: June 25, 2019 Location:Village: Chibwana VillageDistrict: MachingaCountry: Malawi Dedication Video 2019 Photos GPS Location...
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Mwikawa Village 2June 25, 2019Dedication: Siobhan Leahy and Dylan Wiliam Installation Date: June 25, 2019 Location:Village: Mwikawa Village #2District: MachingaCountry: Malawi GPS Location: See bottom of page. Dedication Video 2019 Photos Pre-Borehole Notes (March 2018) Mwikawa has 200 households and 4 surrounding villages. In total, the 4 surrounding villages have households totaling 631. Difficulties these villagers currently face: School children are going very late to school. Last year, 4 people suffered from cholera and 2 people died of it. More than 10 people have already experienced diarrhea this year. Due to the long wait at the water source, families have had some problems. 3 families were divorced due to issues pertaining to water as the husbands were suspecting their wives of going out with other men and only pretending that they were getting water. 30 year-old Bertha Champion drawing contaminated water...
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Kachingwe VillageJune 14, 2019Dedication: The Breakwater Church Installation Date: December 9, 2018 Location:Village: Kachingwe VillageDistrict: MachingaCountry: MalawiPersons using this well: Approximately 1,200 GPS Location: See bottom of page. Dedication Video 2019 Photos This well is dedicated to The Breakwater Church GPS Location...
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Maonga Village 2June 3, 2019Dedication: North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church Installation Date: June 3, 2019 Location:Village: Maonga Village #2District: MachingaCountry: Malawi People using this well: 300 families Quotes from Village: Mark Miles: vice chief “We are so happy. We were drinking from a hand dug pit by the roadside. This is my first clean water.” Flora Jafali: “I was born here as were my parents and grandparents. The water tastes good and everyone is so happy. Before, I only got one bucket of water a day. Now I can get 5-7 buckets in one hour. I can wash clothes, dishes, children. I have free time to rest and chat with my friends. We are healthier. Our kids were going to school late. The water was far away so we couldn’t wash our kids. Our kids can come on their own to draw water and wash. There was a parent/teacher meeting to express their appreciation for being on time for school. GPS Location: See bottom of page. Dedication Video 2019 Photos "Before, I only got one bucket of water a day. Now I can get 5-7 buckets in one hour." “We are so happy. We were drinking from a hand dug pit by the roadside. This is my first clean water.” GPS Location...
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Ndambala VillageJune 3, 2019Dedication: The Leonard G. Herring Foundation Installation Date: June 3, 2019 Location:Village: Ndambala VillageDistrict: MachingaCountry: Malawi Quotes from village: Makwinja Bwanali: Village Chief for 30 years: “I was born here. I am 65. This is my first drink of clean water. The bore hole is close to our homes. We have 69 families and no one has been sick since the installation. The clinic is so far away that sometimes people would die along the way due to waterborne disease. It was a four hour walk or 1.5 hour by bike to the clinic. Almost three people a week would suffer serious waterborne illnesses and needed to go to the clinic. Other people would suffer through it. It would take about a week to recover. The water is so close by now that women can put food on the fire, get water and come back.” Esther Miles: “Our kids are able to go to school on time. They can draw water, wash and go on time to school. It is important for kids to study. It means that the future is brighter for our children. Our families are healthier. We are able to have a garden and grow our own vegetables. Some of the vegetables we will eat. Some vegetables we will sell in the local market to buy pencils and books. This is the fulfillment of a dream.” GPS Location: See bottom of page. Dedication Video 2019 Photos Esther Miles: "This is the fulfillment of a dream." Pre-Borehole Information (Mar 2018) Ndambala has 47 households and there are seven other surrounding villages that draw from the current water well. Total number of families from the surrounding villages is 164. If the borehole is installed in this village, 211 families are going to benefit from it with a population of around 1,000 beneficiaries. The next borehole is at 5 kms or 3.1 miles away. In Ndambala, the local people have to deal with the following issues: During the dry season, people do wait for about 3 hours at the current water source and because of this, most of the time women miss farming and school children miss classes and go late to school. During the rainy season, they have plenty of water but it is very unsafe as other waters and pollutants from the top soil is washed into their drinking water. Because of this, they have diarrhea and those affected are mostly children. Last year, three people suffered from cholera. Some years back, a chief lost his mother and sister in the same year due to diarrhea. Last year, one school girl was bitten by a snake as she was going early in the dark to fetch water before school. When the community is blessed with a water well, there is going to be reduced diarrhea cases. There will be good home hygiene practices and students are going to continue with their education, especially girls. Women collecting water at Ndambala Village water point GPS Location...
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