Wll #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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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. 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
Kenya
Sponsored by: A. John Ellis
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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82. Godine Area of Balan
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.
#81 Godine Area of Balan
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. ‘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.
70. New LBS Zone II
Sponsored by: The Liberian Community Organization of KS and MO and The Water Team
Montserrado County, Liberia
Completed: Aug. 8, 2010
Depth of Water: 8 ft.
Well Depth: 50 ft.
Screen Length: 12 ft.
Developed by: Mud Pump
Bacti Test: Negative
Taste: Good
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69. Ecole Nationale de Grizon Garde
Sponsored by: Art McQuade
Haiti
Completed: Sept. 20 2010
Depth of Water: 5 feet
Well Depth: 140 feet
Development Time: 2 hours
Taste: Good
Water Odour: None
Developed by: Mud Pump
Hand Pump: Afridev
Bacti Test: Negative
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68. Nueva Carpeta Town
Sponsored by: Jean and Alastair Carruthers
Haiti
Completed: Sept. 29, 2010
Depth of Well: 45 feet
Depth of Water: 80 feet
Taste: Good
Water Odour: Swampy
Bacti Test: Negative
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67. Tci Charite Primary School
Sponsored by: The Water Team and Immaculate Conception School
Haiti
Completed: Oct. 5, 2010
Depth of Water: 125 feet
Taste: Good
Water Odour: None
Developed by: Mud Pump
Hand Pump: Afridev
Bacti Test: Negative
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66. Nan Ja Naud
Sponsored by: The Water Team and St. Joseph the Worker Parish
Haiti
Completed: June 1, 2010
Screen Length: 20 feet
Taste: Good
Developed by: Mud Pump
Hand Pump: Afridev
Bacti Test: Negative
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65. College Evangelique Emmanual
Sponsored by: The Water Team and St. Joseph the Worker School
Haiti
Completed: Aug. 11, 2010
Depth of Water: 10 ft.
Well Depth: 60 ft.
Screen Length: 15 ft.
Development Time: 2 hours
Developed by: Mud Pump
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64. 200 Hand Pumps Purchased
Sponsored by: Joan McEwen and Irwin Nathanson
Northern Cap
Haitian Plan
Completed: 2010
Each pump comes with its own set of tools which is left with the village. Time is spent with chosen representatives who are willing to learn how to do minor pump maintenance and repairs.
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63. Sabon Tasha
Sponsored by: The Water Team & Art McQuade, Vancouver, BC
Southern part of Kaduna State, Nigeria
Completed: May 6, 2010
Depth of Water: 15 ft.
Well Depth: 65 ft.
Screen Length: 13 ft.
Development Time: 2 hours
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Other
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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62. LS 200 Drill Rig
Sponsored by: Blue Planet Links Foundation Vancouver, BC & Franz Environmental Mississauga, ON in Honor of Katie Hadley
Cape Haitian, Haiti
Completed: March 16, 2010
Portable drill rig with appropriate technology to train local Haitians to drill wells safely. It is simple to run, can be easily maintained locally. It can be dismantled easily to be manually moved to drill in more remote villages.
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61. Pi Po School
Sponsored by: The Water Team -Vancouver, BC and Stephen & Julia Dee – Richmond, BC
Vaudreuil Area, Haiti
Completed: March 18, 2010
Depth of Water: 42 ft.
Well Depth: 88 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 4 hours
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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60. Shipment of Emergency Supplies
Sponsored by: David Shipman
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Completed: Jan. 30, 2010
Within one week after the earthquake struck, The Water Team’s Jim Gehrel landed in Haitie with emergency supplies of drinking water, medicine and food. He rented a bus and drove into Port-au-Prince. Read more about his experience here…
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59. The Leadership Institute
Sponsored by: Frances, Steven & Nathaniel Huang
Plateau State, Nigeria
Completed: Dec. 12, 2009
Depth of Water: 8 ft.
Well Depth: 54 ft.
Screen Length: 4 ft.
Development Time: 2 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Other
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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58. Gaybe Town (Duazon)
Sponsored by: Francis, Steven & Nathaniel Huang (Water Team Youth Chapter Members)
Margibi, Liberia
Completed: March 15, 2010
Depth of Water: 37 ft.
Well Depth: 60 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 2 hours
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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57. Godine Village
Sponsored by: The Water Team
Haiti
Completed: Jan. 20, 2010
Depth of Water: 30 ft.
Well Depth: 60 ft.
Screen Length: 20 ft.
Development Time: 4 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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56. Zorpury Town
Sponsored by: Ms. Kazuko Komatsu & Pacific Western Brewing Co.
Montserrado County, Liberia
Completed: Dec. 22, 2009
Depth of Water: 10 ft.
Well Depth: 31 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 2 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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55. Boys Town (Marshall)
Sponsored by: Joan McEwen & Irwin Nathanson
Montserrado County, Liberia
Completed: Dec. 21, 2009
Depth of Water: 7 ft.
Well Depth: 38 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 2 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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54. Kanasuah Village
Sponsored by: Andrea Morrison
Montserrado County, Liberia
Completed: Nov. 25, 2009
Depth of Water: 25 ft.
Well Depth: 45 ft.
Screen Length: 15 ft.
Development Time: 2 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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53. Maggie Lampkin Institute
Sponsored by: CISVA: St. Paul & St. Joseph the Worker
Montserrado, Liberia
Completed: July 10, 2009
Depth of Water: 13 ft.
Well Depth: 40 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 2 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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52. MTA Community
Sponsored by CISVA: St. Catherine, St. James & St. Marys School
Montserrado, Liberia
Completed: June 24, 2009
Depth of Water: 25 ft.
Well Depth: 5 ft.
Screen Length: 14 ft.
Development Time: 2 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Villager participates in hygene workshop after well completed.
51. Morris Farm Public School
Sponsored by CISVA: St. Edmunds & St. Pius X Elementary Schools
Montserrado, Liberia
Completed: Sept. 01, 2009
In order to improve the safety of drinking water in this community, a special community health through hygiene workshop was held. Village leaders and parents were taught what disease is, how it is transmitted and how to break the disease transmission pathways. In the absence of a safe well, villagers were shown a number of ways to improve water safety.
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50. Martin Luther
Sponsored by St. Anthony of Padau and St. Francis of Assisi
Montserrado, Liberia
Completed: July 01, 2009
This Pump Repair Project brought a brand New Hand Pump to a village along with a Health and Hygiene Workshop about to discuss the best way to use the clean water that comes from the new pump.
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49. Gundung Village
Sponsored by CISVA: St. Mary, Perpetual Help, Lady of Sorrow
Plateau State, Amper West District, Amper Chiefton, Nigeria
Completed: Aug. 03, 2009
Depth of Water: 12 ft.
Well Depth: 59 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 5 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: India Mark II
Water Odour: None
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48. Charlie Luke Town
Sponsored by CISVA: Star of the Sea/St. Bernadette and Our Lady of Good Counsel
Montserrado, Liberia
Completed: June 28, 2009
Depth of Water: 7 ft.
Well Depth: 45 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 2 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
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47. Ariam Primary School
Sponsored by CISVA: St.Andrew’s, St. Joseph’s and Corpus Christ
Abia State, Nigeria
Completed: May 19, 2009
Depth of Water: 8 ft.
Well Depth: 60 ft.
Screen Length: 6 ft.
Development Time: 4 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: India Mark II
Taste: Good
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46. Apawu School and Village
Sponsored by CISVA: Blessed Sacrament School
Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Completed: Feb 15, 2009
Depth of Water: 15 ft.
Well Depth: 58 ft.
Screen Length: 14 ft.
Development Time: 8 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: India Mark II
Taste: Good
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45. UHP Luthern High School
Sponsored by Talmud Torah School and and The Water Team Youth Chapter
Montserrado, Monrovia District, Liberia
Completed: April 27, 2009
Depth of Water: 8 ft.
Well Depth: 8 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 48 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Taste: Good
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44. Miraculous Power of Jesus School
Sponsored by West Point Grey Academy and and The Water Team Youth Chapter
Montserrado, Liberia
Project Completed: April 16, 2009
Depth of Water: 15 ft.
Well Depth: 15 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Taste: Good
Bacti Test: negative
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43. Sharah Community
Sponsored by Stephen and Julian Dee and the Water Team Youth Chapter
Montserrado, Liberia
Completed: April 13, 2009
Depth of Water: 6 ft.
Well Depth: 29 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Taste: Good
Bacti Test: negative
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42. Seekey Community
Sponsored by the Water Team and St. Helen’s, St. Michael’s, Holy Cross
Monrovia Clan, Montserrado, Liberia
Completed: April 01, 2009
Depth of Water: 40 ft.
Well Depth: 15 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Taste: Good
Bacti Test: negative
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41. Dogo Village
Sponsored by St. Patrick Regional Secondary School and The Water Team Youth Chapter
Nigeria
Completed: Feb. 06, 2008
Well Depth: 62 ft.
Depth of Water: 18 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed by: Surge Bailing
Turbidity: Clear
Handpump: India Mark II
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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40. Eggon Village
Sponsored by St. John Brebeuf Regional Secondary School and The Water Team Youth Chapter
Nasarawa, Nigeria
Completed: Feb. 27, 2009
Depth of Water: 120 ft.
Well Depth: 61 ft.
Screen Length: 16 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: India Mark II
Taste: Good
Bacti Test: negative
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39. Odenyi Village
Sponsored by Christopher McLachlen in memory of Grandma Ovans
Kogi State, Nigeria
Completed: April 06, 2008
Depth of Water: 26 ft.
Well Depth: 60 ft.
Screen Length: 20 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: India Mark II
Taste: Good
Bacti Test: negative
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38. Samaritan Children Center
Kenya
Completed: July 18, 2008
Depth of Water: 104 ft.
Well Deptth: 246 ft.
Screen Length: 66 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Well Yield: 3 gpm
Bacti Test: Negative
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37. Kudame Gona Village
Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Completed: June 23, 2008
Depth of Water: 17 ft.
Screen Length: 15 ft.
Development Time: 24 hrs.
Disinfection: 38 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Well Depth: 62 ft.
Handpump: India Mark II
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36. Tudu Community
Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Completed: Nov. 6, 2008
Depth of Water: 13 ft.
Screen Length: 12 ft.
Development Time: 6 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Well Depth: 57 ft.
Developed By: Air Backwash
Well Yield: 2.5 gpm
Handpump: India Mark II
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35. Dorowa School & Village
Sponsored by The Water Team Children’s Chapter
Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Completed: Nov. 06, 2008
Depth of Water: 13 ft.
Screen Length: 12 ft.
Development Time: 6 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Well Depth: 57 ft.
Developed By: Air Backwash
Well Yield: 2.5 gpm
Handpump: India Mark II
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34. Angwan Fadi
Sponsored by Reid Brothers Plumbing and Heating Ltd
Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Completed: Nov. 6, 2008
Depth of Water: 13 ft.
Screen Length: 12 ft.
Development Time: 6 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Well Depth: 57 ft.
Developed By: Air Backwash
Well Yield: 2.5 gpm
Handpump: India Mark II
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33. Angwan Yara
Nigeria
Completed: Feb. 23, 2008
Well Depth: 59 ft.
Depth of Water: 13 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed by: Surge Bailing
Turbidity: Clear
Handpump: India Mark IV
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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32. Emmanuel Ahemba
Benue State, Nigeria
Completed: Feb. 23, 2008
Well Depth: 54 ft.
Depth of Water: – ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed by: MudPump
Turbidity: Clear
Handpump: India Mark IV
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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31. Esule Bassa
Bassa LGA, Kogi State, Nigeria
Project Completed: Jan. 14, 2008
Depth of Water: 40 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Turbidity: Clear
Nitrate: – mg/L
Handpump: India Mark IV
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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30. Gboko, St. Francis’ Parish
Benue state, Nigeria
Completed: Dec. 07, 2007
Depth of Water: 28 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Development Time: 3 hrs.
Disinfection: 24 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Turbidity: Clear
Handpump: Other
Taste: Good
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29. Swankamore Community
Montserrado, Liberia
Completed: Nov. 13, 2007
Depth of Water: 20 ft.
Development Time: 8 hrs.
Disinfection: 72 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear.
Developed By: Mud pump
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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28. Kpor Town
Margibi County, Liberia
Completed: Sept. 10, 2007
Depth of Water: – ft.
Screen Length: – ft.
Development Time: – hrs.
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27. Kwer Mula, W.G
Nyanza Province, Kenya
Completed: Aug. 06, 2007
Depth of Water: 55 ft.
Development Time: 36 hrs.
Disinfection: 72 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed By: Surge Bailing
Handpump: Afridev Water
Odour: None
Taste: Good
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26. Didinima Village
Kogi State, Nigeria
Completed: Sept. 05, 2007
Depth of Water: 15 ft.
Screen Length: 20 ft.
Well Depth: 30 ft.
Disinfection: 24 hrs.
Developed By: Surge Bailing
Water Colour: Clear
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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25. Sand Town
Lower Margibi County, Liberia
Completed: Feb. 15, 2007
Depth of Water: 12 ft.
Development Time:6 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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24. Well Baby Clinic
Lower Grand Bassa County, Liberia
Completed: Nov. 14, 2006
Depth of Water: 18 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed By: Surge Bailing
Well Yield: 13 gpm
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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23. Owen Grove Community
Grand Bassa County, Liberia
Completed: Sept. 15, 2006
Depth of Water: 10 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Turbidity: Clear
Developed By: Surge Bailing
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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22. Juah Town
Sponsored by The Pacific Western Brewing Company
Grand Bassa County, Liberia
Completed: Sept. 14, 2006
Depth of Water: 8 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed By: Surge Bailing
Well Yield: 20 gpm
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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21. Kwamai Village
Warji County, Nigeria
Completed: Sept. 22, 2006
Depth of Water: 26 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed By: Air Backwash
Well Yield: 3 gpm
Handpump: India Mark IV
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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20. Queen’s School
Montserrado County, Liberia
Completed: May 17, 2006
Depth of Water: 15 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed By: Mud pump
Well Yield: 3 gpm
Handpump: Bush Pump
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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19. Isaac David Memorial School
Montserrado County, Liberia
Completed: Sept. 30, 2005
Depth of Water: 9ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Turbidity: Clear
Well Yield: 2.5 gpm
Handpump: Bush Pump (Zimbabwe)
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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18. Samuel Cooper Community
Montserrado County, Liberia
Completed: May 9, 2006
Depth of Water: 1 ft.
Screen Length: 10 ft.
Disinfection: 72 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Handpump: Bush Pump (Dweh)
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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17. Buanlay Town #1
Sponsored by The Pacific Western Brewing Company
Nimba Country, Liberia
Completed: Nov. 19, 2006
Depth of Water: 28 ft.
Development Time: 7 hrs.
Disinfection: 26 hrs.
Developed By: Mud pump
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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16. Gbailay Town Quarter 2
Sponsored by Andrea Morrison
Nimba County, Liberia
Completed: Nov. 15, 2006
Depth of Water: 13 ft.
Development Time: 6 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed By: Surge Bailing
Well Yield: 5.6 gpm
Handpump: Afridev
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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15. Mennonite School
Montserrado County, Liberia
Completed: March 21, 2005
Depth of Water: 20 ft.
Disinfection: 24 hrs.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed By: Mud Pump
Well Yield: 30 gpm
Handpump: Other
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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14. Kpor Town
Lower Maragibi County, Liberia
Completed: Feb. 20, 2005
Depth of Water: 10 ft.
Water Colour: Yellowish
Turbidity: Cloudy
Developed By: Mud Pump
Well Yield: 25 gpm
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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13. Jinca Town
Maragibi County, Liberia
Completed: Sept. 19, 2003
Depth of Water: 20 ft.
Water Colour: Clear
Developed By: Mud Pump
Well Yield: – gpm
Handpump: Bush Pump (Taylor)
Water Odour: None
Taste: Good
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12. Managua
Nicaragua
Completed: 2002
The Water Team again ran in World Vision’s Fun Run in Vancouver B.C. and we raised enough money to build a water well in Nicaragua.
In 2002 we built a water well at a school in Nicaragua through World Vision. In 2003 we started to sponsor a child in that village – so we would have a connection to the village and be able to followup the progress of the water well. Ezequiel Sequerira Salgado (born in 1993).
Each year we communicate several times and until 2010, there were no problems with the well. In 2010 there developed a problem with the pump. But after a new part was bought and installed, the report came back from Ezequiel that everything is working well again, and the school once again has clean accessible water.
11. Mozambique
Mozambique
Completed: 2001
We put together a “team” of 29 people who ran and walked in the World Vision Fun Run in Vancouver, B.C. The team raised enough money to build a water well in Mozambique. We sponsored a child in the village – Filipe Mondlate.
10. Los Vados
Guatemala
Completed: 2000
We partnered with World Vision to help build a water system for the communities of Los Vados and La Calera. Sponsored Yolanda Garcia Perez in order to follow the improvements in the village.
9. Bargoi, Samburu District
Northern Kenya
Completed: 2000
Sponsored the building of a concrete water holding tank for the family of our foster child Fabian Lengusuranga.
8. Mdunga/Kasiya
Malawi
Completed: 2000
We partnered with World Vision to build a water well in the Mdunga/Kasiya area. We sponsored a child in the same village, Patricia Sikelo, so we could follow-up on the progress of the village and the maintenance of the well. Although she was only 5 years old, Patricia was able to report that “life is better with a water well”
Update note: In 2009 Patricia let us know her well was “not working”. We made arrangements with World Vision and for only $972.36 it was fixed and a committee put in charge of it.
7. Quebrada Seca
Guatemala
Completed: 1999
Partnered with World Vision to help build a water pipeline project to bring clean water to the villagers in Quebrada Seca. Before the clean water came our foster child, Arceli Diaz Diaz, suffered from parasites. After the pipes brought the clean water to the village, she recovered.
6. Mdunga/Kasiya, Malawi
Malawi
Completed: 1997
1998 – Partnered with World Vision to build a water well for our foster child Mackson Mwase in Malawi. We learned that 60% of the population in his area (Mdunga/Kasiya – about 164 km from the capital, Silongwe ) were drinking water from unsafe sources and getting sick from bacteria and Parasites. Many people were experiencing diarrhea, dehydration and even death. Mackson himself was sick.
After the bore hole was drilled the community did a traditional dance for us with great cheering for the assistance they received. With the clean water they noticed that people were no longer getting sick and dying. Mackson recovered and went on to secondary schooling.
The community has been trained to maintain the borehole by learning how to make repairs to ensure sustainability. The borehole serves 500 families each with an average of 5 children each (2500 people). Plus it is near a Primary School serving about 1200 pupils.
5. Mdunga/Kasiya, Malawi
Mdunga/Kasiya, Malawi
Completed: 1992
Partnered with World Vision to install a water well in the village of our foster child Chikondi Mbaluku in Mdunga/Kasiya ADP. Chikond’s village is 164 kms away from the capital city of Lilongwe. . A study showed that before the well was built , only 7% of the population had safe water to drink. 47% of the deaths were attributed to contaminated water.
World Vision did a geotechnical survey to choose the location of the well. The well was drilled to a depth of 45 meters. The pump was installed and the village was trained in how to maintain the system.
Update note: We heard from Chikondi in 2010 that the borehole needed spare parts and repairs. After much emailing back and forth with World Vision, Chikondi informed that “the repairs on the borehole have been done . Now I have all the clean water I need. So I should have to thank you very much for your great effort.”
4. Thakara
Kenya
Completed: 1996
Partnered with Save the Children to fund 10 Water Jars in Thakara, Kenya
3. Abwor
Northern Uganda
Completed: 1996
Partnered with Water Can to build a water well in the village of Abwor in Northern Uganda. 264 villagers benefited from this clean water source. The villagers provided the labour, bricks and sand. A Water source Maintenance Committee was set up to “ensure that the water source is kept functional and users are carrying out good hygiene practices in order to maintain the “safe water chain” which involves the philosophy of keeping water clean from the source to the home and while being used in the home.”
2. Olepo, Uganda
Northern Uganda
Completed: 1996
Partnered with Water Can to build a water well in the village of Olepo in Northern Uganda. 285 villagers benefited from this clean water source. The villagers provided the labour, bricks and sand. A Water source Maintenance Committee was set up to “ensure that the water source is kept functional and users are carrying out good hygiene practices in order to maintain the “safe water chain” which involves the philosophy of keeping water clean from the source to the home and while being used in the home.”
1. Zimbabwe, Mutilizwe River
Zimbabwe
Completed: 1992
In 1988 we were sponsoring a child in Zimbabwe through World Vision. She was 9 years old and her name was Shamiso Madzanika. We wrote back and forth and learned about her family and her life. In March of 1992, we received a letter from Shamiso, telling us that they had no rain and their goats and sheep were dying from the drought. We wrote back immediately asking if there was enough water for the community.
World Vision let us know that Zimbabwe was going through the most severe drought in living memory. There were many letters back and forth to World Vision and the field staff and an agonizing wait time of 2 years for all the preparatory work to be done, a borehole to be drilled and a pump to be installed. By May 1994 we had photos of Shamiso at the well.
By the fall of 1994 we heard that Shamiso, her family and the neighbours all had clean water close to their homes and that everyone was once again healthy and had enough water to do whatever they wanted. We learned that her mother had been able to start a vegetable garden and take the extra vegetables to market and started bringing in extra income. One of Shamiso’s letters reads , “Before the borehole was dug the people in the community fetched water from Mutilizwe river. The water we got from have some virus that causes some of the diseases like cholera and diarrheoa. Mutiltizwe river was also far away from our home area…After the borehole was dug, people are now drinking water from the borehole. And this borehole also reducing other water born diseases like cholera and diarrhoe
After we saw the amazing transformation of the village after they got clean water, we became extremely interested in water wells and started researching different organizations that were drilling wells in other countries. We researched different types of wells and pumps and set up our own criteria of what we were looking for.