Families: 75
Water Committee:  3 men and 7 women

Madaritso—the blessing—has finally come to Sudala 1 village. Before the well, families would walk to the Kasupe River or a distant hand-dug well. In the dry season, digging was necessary just to get one or two buckets. Fights at the water point were common, and Zione always seemed to win the daily scuffles. The rainy season brought cholera and diarrhea, and trips to the clinic were frequent, sometimes requiring a makeshift stretcher to carry the sick three kilometers away.

Now, water flows freely. Families can fill six buckets a day. Children go to school on time, clean and ready to learn. Girls who had missed school are back, dreaming of becoming nurses, pilots, and teachers. Mothers and fathers prepare meals together, tending gardens of maize and tomatoes. Damiano has molded 10,000 bricks from runoff water and river sand, selling them to support the village economy.

Bathing is no longer a luxury. Women bathe three times a day, men twice in the morning and twice in the afternoon. Homes are calmer; fights over water are gone. There is laughter at the water point instead of tension, and even the youngest children come to fetch water on their own.

The well is more than water—it has changed daily life. Peace has returned to homes, schools are full, and families are able to plan, work, and grow together in a way they never could before.