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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