Boys Town (Marshall)
Monsterrado County
A safe water community in Liberia
Safe Drinking Water Supply Location
Greater Monrovia District
El 60' N 0611’58.3” W 010*31.53.7” Acc +/- 33
New Village Well
Village Children
Old Water Source
Pump Technician Training
Learning Disease Transmission
Project Sponsor/s
Joan McEwen & Irwin Nathanson
Vacouver, BC
The Water Team
Vancouver, BC
Project Summary
The workshop included lessons on disease transmission and ways to keep their families healthy and the new water from their well safe.
Mother Lucy Juah, a resident of the community in a happy mood thanked L-Linc family for providing the basic knowledge they have been taught. They meanwhile promised to put into action all that they have been thaught.
Well Details
Project Completed: 2009-12-21
Well Depth: 38 ft.
Depth of Water:7 ft.
Casing Diameter:4 in.
Screen Length:10 ft.
Developed By:Mud Pump
Development Time:2 hrs.
Well Yield:5 gpm
Disinfection:24 hrs.
Handpump:Afridev
Water Colour:Clear
Water Odour:None
Turbidity:Clear
Taste:Good
Nitrate:0.0 mg/L
Bacti Test:Negative
Iron:0.0 mg/L
pH:7
Testimonial
The citizens of Boys Town write to say a very big thanks to your organization for the help given us. Our happiness cannot be expressed in writing. The hygiene traming provided by your team, taught us many things we did not know and we promised to live by what we have learned.
As for our new hand pump, it will be properly cared for, because we know what we have passed through to get safe drinking water in this community.
Many of our children have suffered running stomach and other sicknesses just from drinking bad water.
May God Almighty bless this organization in Jesus name.
Sincerely Yours
Bro. Aaron
on Behalf of Boys Town