Puddle to Pump
Imagine if the only way you could access water was to dig holes in a swamp and wait all night for water to seep in? This was the reality of women in the village of Mwandila, Tanzania. Waiting to fill a bucket of water often required sleeping by the hole all night long so that they would have something to bring home […]
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In Word and Deed
In November 2015, our GAiN Water for Life Initiative Team visited Ethiopia and brought back good news from a poor, remote village in the dry region of Southern Ethiopia – Ame Serba. A newly-drilled deep-capped well had been finished and the team was there for the dedication. Almost the whole village of goat and cattle herders turned […]
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Multiple Needs Met in Namauni
The village of Namauni, located in Tanzania, was able to build a teachers house at the school with the coming of the deep-capped water well. The school and teacher’s buildings were constructed with small clay bricks, but there were no water sources anywhere near the school, which made construction difficult and costly. With the well […]
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Multiple Needs Met in Namauni
The village of Namauni, located in Tanzania, was able to build a teachers house at the school with the coming of the deep-capped water well. The school and teacher’s buildings were constructed with small clay bricks, but there were no water sources anywhere near the school, which made construction difficult and costly. With the well […]
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More Than Just Clean Water
The village of Rweje in Tanzania had the most number of buckets and jerry cans lined up at a water well that our Water for LIfe Initiative team had ever seen. In fact, they lost count after 200! It turns out that four villages were getting clean water from this one well. Because there were so many […]
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3 reasons to help provide clean water
Hawa Guyo of Melbena, Ethiopia is a mother who always carried two children (one in the front and one on her back) as she walked walk eight hours a day to fetch water. Upon arrival…the water was extremely dirty. People and animals used it at the same time. The donkeys and other animals urinated in […]
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Years Later
ONE WATER WELL TRANSFORMS AN ENTIRE VILLAGE In May 2008, GAiN drilled the first deep-capped water well in Tanzania in the village of Malungo. This remote village, located in the plateaus just three hours from the town of Lindi, had hundreds of people that were desperate for water. At that time, their only water source […]
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The Forgotten Village
VILLAGERS DESPERATE FOR HELP The joy and anticipation that a well brings to a village is difficult to explain to a person that has always had easy access to clean water. But, for those in Haweme village, they know this desperation far too well. Located in the middle of the jungle in the south of […]
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A Life Cut Short
WOMAN FINDS SPECIAL MEANING FROM WELL After travelling for eight hours to the village of Goro Bani in northern Benin, the GAiN team was greeted with dancing and singing. The village’s jubilation was undeniable. The chief gave a speech and expressed how happy they all were. He shared how the women used to walk for […]
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Generational Impact
CHILD’S FUTURE LOOKS DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF ONE WATER WELL It sits stagnant, murky, and at times almost black. Garbage and waste float on its surface. Riddled with disease and parasites, it is the only source of water for thousands living in the remote regions of Benin, West Africa. Women and children crowd around the uncovered […]
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