Project #:
L23-P378
Project Type:
Pump Repair Project
Project Date:
2023-01-26
The People of
Down F-Sham School
Montserrado County , Liberia
are thankful for the generous support of
Dave and Nora Swanson
(Kitchener, ON)
Maureen Paracy-Jesseau
(Canada)
for helping rehabilitate their broken handpump and reestablish their access to safe water
Latitude: 6.28615, Longitude: -10.67404
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A message from the community
It is with a joyful heart that we thank Lifewater Canada for the repair of our broken hand pump. We have gone without clean water for a long time. We are so grateful that clean water is back. -- Community Leaders
Some community details (provided by our in-country partners)
Five weeks ago, the hand-powered pump on the well at Down F-Sham School in Soul Clinic Community stopped working. It forced about 800 children and adults at the school and in the homes surrounding it to begin gathering water from a nearby river. The river is contaminated, so drinking from it put everyone at risk of contracting diarrheal diseases. There were water vendors available, but very few residents could afford them. Recently, however, Lifewater repaired the pump. Now the grateful community, thanks to our donors, has access to safe water again.
The pump undergoing repair
