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2012 Progress and Plans
In 2011 we were able to help at least 6300 more people get clean water – we successfully completed 21 well projects – 5 wells in Liberia, 4 wells in Nigeria and 4 wells and 5 pump repairs in Haiti, 2 wells in Chad and 1 pump repair in Kenya. What an awesome team we are! Together we donated $50,514.82. Having added 21 wells last year, as a team, we are now helping over 30,000 people in a total 91 villages get clean water every minute of every single day!
Each village is trained to care for their water wells so all the wells are working and water is flowing – giving the gift of life, health, energy and the opportunity for a better future.
See all the wells here!
Our plans for 2012 are to continue our efforts to get clean water to the children and the men and women in Liberia, Nigeria and Haiti. As well, Lifewater Canada is now working in East Africa where the drought conditions are the worst in 60 years, 30,000 children have died and 500,000 Africans have become refugees in search of water and food.
Water Project Counter: 92
2011-12 wells listed below, visit our ‘WELLS BUILT’ page for the full list.
This number represents over 28,300 people helped – boys, girls, women and men whose lives have been changed forever by finally having access to clean water. They no longer have to spend their lives carting water and battling the water borne illnesses and death. New health, energy and time have allowed the children to go to school, the adults to grow their own food and to work. Their babies are not dying. Look at the list of wells and drill rigs (below) donated to communities to see how we made a difference to thousands of people.
2012 Wells Built
Well #92. Aaron Kennedy School
Sponsored by: The Water Team
Liberia
Completed: January 11, 2012
Depth of Water: 5ft.
Well Depth: 80 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Pumping
BactiTest: negative
Taste: Good
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2011 Wells Built
Well #91.Petit-anse Church & School
Sponsored by: Pacific Western Brewing Company
Haiti
Completed: December 7, 2011
Depth of Water: 15ft.
Well Depth: 80 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: MudPump
BactiTest: negative
Taste: Good
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90. Nigeria Jirrga #2
Sponsored by: Cam & Gail Pearce
Borno State, Nigeria
Completed: November 30, 2011
Depth of Water: 17 ft.
Well Depth: 50 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Surge Bailing
Disinfection: 10 hours
Taste: Good
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89. Jirgga Village #1
Borno State, Nigeria
Completed: November 30, 2011
Depth of Water: 17ft.
Well Depth: 50 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Surge Bailing
Disinfection: 8hours
Taste: Good
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88. A.I.C. Molo
Sponsored by: A. John Ellis
Kenya
Completed: November 28, 2011
Depth of Water: 63 ft 8 inches
Well Depth: 81 inches
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Surge Bailing
BactiTest: negative
Taste: Good
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87. Tudun Ruga Town
sponsored by: Francis Friese
Yobe State, Sabon Gida District & Chiefdom, Nigeria
Completed: October 22, 2011
Depth of Water: 19 ft.
Well Depth: 64 ft.
Screen Length: 15 ft.
Developed by: Surge Bailing
Disinfection: 8ft
Taste: Good
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86. Calvary
Sponsored by: Joan McEwen & Irwin Nathanson
Montserrado County, Liberia
Completed: November 21, 2011
Depth of Water: 15 ft.
Well Depth: 35 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Electric Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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85. Felicia School
Sponsored by: A. John Ellis & The Water Team
Montserrado County, Liberia
Completed: September 28, 2011
Depth of Water: 7 ft.
Well Depth: 35 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Electric Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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84. Ben Town ‘B’
Sponsored by: Rubi Holdings
Margibi County, Liberia
Completed: October 9, 2011
Depth of Water: 6 ft.
Well Depth: 40 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Electric Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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83. Ben Town ‘A’
Sponsored by: John Swadden & The Water Team
Lower Margibi County, Liberia
Completed: October 9, 2011
Depth of Water: 15 ft.
Well Depth: 52 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Surge Bailing
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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81. & 82. Godine Area of Balan
Both pumps sponsored by: Carson Graham Secondary School & The Water Team
Balan, Haiti
Completed: 2011
This pump repair project and new pump was appreciated. Here were comments sent to The Water Team:
“Our community in this Godine area of Balan has about 350 people. Before this new pump was installed we were forced to take water from a spring in Charles Godine some 6 miles up in the mountain. It was a long distance and caused us much sickness and weariness.
Having a new pump in our village is making a big change for us and one that we very much appreciate. It is with that in mind that we say thank you to our host for providing us this handpump.” - Jean Claudius
“We are very pleased to offer to you our gratitude for this new well. It has saved us much time and made our lives easier now that we do not have to travel to the river for our water, a distance of about 4 miles.The new pump water is so much cleaner and tastes very fine.” – Robert Joseph, Village member.
80. Eglise Saint Francoise Sales
Sponsored by: The Water Team
Plain du Nord, Haiti
Completed: 2011
This pump was installed at a centre with a school, church and clinic and a large membership. After the pump was installed the Water Team received this message,
” the old pump had been breaking frequently and running a school, church and clinic requires plenty of water.”
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79. Ecole Vieille Terre
Sponsored by: Blue Planet Links Foundation and The Water Team
Plain Du Nord, Haiti
Completed: 2011
“It is with great excitement that I report a combined and heartfelt thank you from our community, school and church. We are very isolated and have struggled with safe drinking water the entire history of our village. This well has had a broken pump for a long time and the rate of sickness has been increasing as we gather water from the creek at the bottom of the mountain or the swamp in the rainy season. Both sources are a long walk for all of us, approximately 5 km one way in the dry season.
Today we celebrate the efforts of your labour, a new handpump on our well in the center of our little community” – Village Representative
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78. Nemour Community
sponsored by: Shipman Companies and The Water Team
North Cape Haitian Plain, Haiti
Completed: 2011
Pump repair project;
“Many thanks for coming to our rescue when our handpump was broken beyond repair. This new pump type is easier to use and we are very grateful for it. It has made our lives easier, as now we have plentiful water close at hand. It’s also decreased our sickness as we no longer have to draw from the dirty dug well a ways away.” – Village representative of Nemour Community
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77. Dumbulwa
Sponsored by: Drs Jean & Alastair Carruthers
Eastern Part of Yobe State, Nigeria
Completed: Oct 09, 2011
Depth of Water: 7 ft.
Well Depth: 50 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Electric Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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76. Kebah Community
Sponsored by: Susan & Severin Hoch & The Water Team
Montserrado County, Liberia
Completed: April 15, 2011
Depth of Water: 7 ft.
Well Depth: 48 ft.
Screen Length: 15 ft.
Developed by: Mud Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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75. Mme Garderie Institute Primaire
Sponsored by: Carson Graham Secondary School
Haiti
Completed: May 5, 2011
Depth of Water: 36.6 ft.
Well Depth: 90 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Electric Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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74. Ruelle City, La Paix – Ti Moustique
Sponsored by: Pacific Western Brewery and The Water Team
Haiti
Completed: June 4, 2011
Depth of Water: 5 ft.
Well Depth: 68 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Mud Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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73. Ecole National Mixte
Sponsored by: Joan McEwen & Irwin Nathanson and The Water Team
Haiti
Completed: April 4, 2011
Depth of Water: 25 ft.
Well Depth: 40 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Developed by: Electric Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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72. N’Djamena
Chad
Completed: 2011
When we first sponsored Gerard Koumagbigue (age in 2011: 13 years old) through World Vision in October 2009, we asked him the questions we ask all our new foster children:
- Do you have a water well in your village?
- Where do you get your water?
- Do you ever get sick from dirty water?
He wrote back t to us “ there is not enough clean water. I can tell you that there is no clean water at all in my community”
We wrote directly to World Vision asking them about the situation and if we could do something about it.
We have now sent a letter to Gerard to ask him to find out what are the plans for teaching hygiene and proper use of the clean water and whether there is a maintenance team in the village trained to keep the pump and well running well.
By April 2011, a bore hole had been drilled and a proper pump installed and Gerard was able to write to us that “we have a filter which allows us to make water clear”
71. N’Djamena
Chad
Completed: 2011
When we first sponsored Laide Nakaling (age in 2011: 13 years old) through World Vision in September 2009, we asked him the questions we ask all our new foster children:
1. Do you have a water well in your village?
2. 2 where do you get your water?
3. Do you ever get sick from dirty water?
He wrote back t to us “ we do no have enough clean water in our village”
We wrote directly to World Vision asking them about the situation and if we could do something about it.
By April 2011, a bore hole had been drilled and a proper pump installed and Laide was able to write to us the great news that “there is clean water in our village, near of our house. I am not sick because of dirty water” !! and World Vision sent us these photos of Laide in front of the new water well for the village.
We have now sent a letter to Laide to ask him to find out what are the plans for teaching hygiene and proper use of the clean water and whether there is a maintenance team in the village trained to keep the pump and well running well.
See full list in the ‘Wells Built’ section
