Project #:

L18-W020

Project Type:

Safe Drinking Water Supply

Project Date:

2017-09-18


The People of

Capital Hill Totota (Upper)

Bong County, Liberia

are thankful for the generous support of

Doug & Christine Bonsteel

(Abbotsford, BC)
for helping supply safe water to their community

Latitude: 6.80649, Longitude: -9.94103
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A message from the community

Dear Sir, Madame, On behalf of our community members, we want to thank you so much for your kind support in bringing and constructing a hand pump that will provide safe drinking water to all our community. Your gift has already been used in our village and saving our health as we no longer need antiobiotics to treat cholera and typhoid that we were getting from our old water source. Because of your support it is making it possible to live our lives happier and to be healthier and more fruitful. Thank you for your compassionate support. We hope to always meet up with your expectations in caring for our new well. With warmest regards Robert B. Bulu Town Chief.


Some community details (provided by our in-country partners)

Short Story about Upper Capitol Hill and Toto community. These two communities are located in Totota, Salala District in Bong County, Liberia. The two communities are adjacent to each other along the Monrovia Gbarnga high way. Both communities have a huge population with children been the dominant. The communities are also located closer to a swamp (wetland) that separates them from the main town (Totota). The communities are also built on a hill which has caused lot of water problem for the them. Their source of drinking water is from some hand dug wells that are not safe for drinking. These hand dug wells are not deep so they are all polluted with diseases from domestic animals. As the result of this, the children in the two communities suffer from running stomach, skin rashes, typhoid etc. With the timely workshop and drilled hand pump done by Lifewater in these two communities, it has brought relief to the people of the two communities. This well was drilled as part of a cooperative NGO initiative to provide safe drinking water to all Liberian's. Thanks to ''The Last Well Inc.'' for their coordination and support!


Well Details

Well Depth: 76 ft. Turbidity: Clear
Depth of Water: 14.00 ft. Water Colour: Clear
Well Yield: 6.00 gpm Water Odour: None
Screen Length: 15.00 ft. Taste: Good
Casing Diameter: 4.00 in. Nitrate: 0.000 mg/L
Handpump: Afridev Iron: 0.000 mg/L
Developed By: Electric Pump pH: 7.000
Development Time: 3.00 hrs. Bacti Test: Negative
Disinfection: 24.00 hrs.

Newly Drilled Well

Newly Drilled Well

Old Dug Well

Old Dug Well

Health & Hygiene Workshop

Health & Hygiene Workshop

Village Chief and Well Caretakers

Village Chief and Well Caretakers

Well Dedication Ceremony

Well Dedication Ceremony



For just over $1 you can provide a child with safe water for a year!

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