Stories from the Field
As we work to provide water, we're committed to helping people like you meet your global neighbors and to realize that we all share the same basic needs. We hope to break down stereotypes and the false distinctions between the so-called winners and losers, rich and poor, the needy and charitable, by introducing you to the people we serve with the respect and admiration they rightfully deserve.
These are stories of hope, told in the words of those who carry out this work every day - our friends in the field.
That's Why We're Having a Thanksgiving Today
It’s another dry day again. The fields are bare with every green standing plant folding its leaves to hide them from the scorching unforgiving African sun. From the temperature gauge in our old tired truck it is around 33 degrees Celsius (92 F).This again has been another dry season for the residents of Tawa, which is located in the hig...
All Things are Possible
John Bett hails from Mogoiywet Village, of the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. His few grey hairs and almost bald head speaks to his age but, his energy surprises a lot of people. He is seventy-one years old and a true testimony to the saying that ‘age is just a number’....
A Student's Perspective
Despite his soft-spoken, calm nature and small physique, he is actually the school captain and he is the link between the students’ body and the administration of Lelmokwo Boys High School. His name is Kennedy Koech. He hails from Kapsabet and was born to a single mother twenty years ago....
Water Brings All Good Things to Life
“Unity is strength, division is weakness” goes a Swahili proverb and Mba Ngoka self Help group which is located in Thavu village, Thavu sub- location, Kathonzweni location, Kathonzweni district, Makueni County in Kenya lives by this proverb. Brought together by a common challenge that was water scarcity they formed their self help group wi...
A New Dawn for Christopher
Christopher, a 32 years old man, hails from Shianda Community where he is an active farmer. He is married and is a father of two children who have passed away recently due to contaminated water. “I am very sad to say that I buried my two children recently because they suffered from cholera and typhoid which was a result of taking in d...