Our Work

We're currently focused on repairing broken wells and drilling new wells in Kafue, Zambia. We've also hired a Zambian evangelist, Paster Yobe, who is preaching in the villages and helping us train local church leaders. You can view some of our completed projects below.

More details and pictures will be posted soon from our October 2012 trip.

Zambia - Chifweba John Village - Shimabala

Repaired 6/21/12

This repair was for the Chifweba John Village. The village is small and comprised of widows and a few orphans. The repair has enabled the ladies to plant a small garden which will sustain them and possibly have extra vegetables to sell.


GPS: S15° 40.392’ E028° 14.766’
Elevation: 1,083m
Depth: 156.7' (46m)

 


South Sudan - Mondi Village

Drilled 6/19/2011; Completed 6/24/2011


In June of 2011, we provided funding for Hope For Water's first new well which was drilled in Mondi village near Kajo Keji, South Sudan (see photos below). We’ve partnered with missionaries who has been drilling new wells in the region since 2008. Years of civil war have wiped out most of this new country's infrastructure and made new wells a priority. Most of the wells have been drilled near church plants and the organization focuses on keeping clean water flowing while building up local water committees to fund future repairs.



"My name is Modong Rejoice and I am 31 years old. I was married at the age of 20 and I have four children. Since I was born, people from our village have been drinking water out of shallow wells until CWAP (a local drilling company) drilled a well for the village. After time however, the well collapsed and again people were back to using the shallow well water.

During the war, we were in exile until February 2006 when we returned after the signing of comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005. My husband was in school when we returned from exile and I had to live with my father in-law.

My husband always advises me to boil drinking water, but sometimes even with boiling the children are getting sick from diarrhea, stomach ache, eye infection and typhoid. Mostly, it happens in a rainy season when water in the well turns milky. In the dry season, the rate of infection reduces.

I greatly thank WHI and the donor for drilling this new well, which is going to rescue the community out of water borne disease. I’m looking forward to using the new well."