Making the Invisible Visible
On the same day that the UN set aside for celebrating World Water Day – March 22nd 2022 – the WATER DROPS team at Imaroro brought the invisible water from under the ground to be visible now above the ground – what a moment indeed for both WATER DROPS and the Imaroro Community.
For Imaroro not only is the water now visible, but it is also valuable. The difference that clean and safe drinking water will make to the health and wellbeing of this whole community cannot be understated.
We began the work on 13th February 2022 and when all the materials were on site then its full steam ahead. Kioko and his team soon settled into the rhythm of the work and after only a few days some good progress was made and within a month the tank was completed.
As work on the tank was going along so too was the work on the solar pump installation and the water distribution points. Then on Wednesday 23rd March 2022 water appeared!
We could at last say that all four elements of this project were now complete – as follows:
A concrete water trough was completed for watering livestock and a water tap system set up for use by the local community. This was completed in March 2022.
The water was now visible – and also valuable – and now it is up to the community – and their Committee – to ensure an equitable use of the water across the whole community and they will soon be able to see the benefits of clean and safe drinking water in the health and wellbeing of everyone.
” You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.” Numbers 20:8
For us here in the WATER DROPS family we are thrilled to have been a part of this process and to everyone who has helped in any way we are forever grateful.
The total funds raised for this project were £36,424.54 and the total cost for completion was £36,422.39. So, a big thank you for any contribution you may have made towards this project – and especially for the people of Imaroro.
As Imaroro comes to a close so we can now move on to the next project and I was able to visit a small community on the floor of the Rift Valley called Mbirika. This is a remote place and the landscape is very harsh but somehow people manage to live – and survive – here. The proposed site for the project is in a school setting. There is a Nursery School – run by the Church and a Primary School. There are currently 60 children attending the schools. They are supposed to be given their lunch every day – which may be their only hot meal of the day – but the challenge of water means that they are unable to do this on a regular basis. The local community are also allowed to take water for use back in their villages as there is no other water source nearby.
They have a very intermittent supply of water from a pipeline about 5km away but they have nowhere to store it. The plastic tank they had – which was all the community could afford – was pierced three times by elephants as they searched for water.
We plan to construct a block built 50m3 storage tank that will be elephant-proof – and allow that community to plan and manage their own water supply into the future. We will secure the pipeline supply and set up a water distribution point that can be overseen by a local management committee to ensure an equitable share of this very scarce resource.
If you would like to continue helping us with this new project please do get in touch through any of the contacts on the website – we will be pleased to hear from you!