Project #:

N22-R168

Project Type:

Pump Replacement Projects

Project Date:

2022-01-22


The People of

Maraban Shamaki Angwan Makaranta

Nasarrawa State, Nigeria

are thankful for the generous support of

John Ellis

(West Vancouver, BC )

The Water Team

(West Vancouver, BC )
for helping rehabilitate their broken well and reestablish their access to safe water

Latitude: 8.86211, Longitude: 7.813
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A message from the community

We wish to appreciate you for the repair of our well. We sincerely give God the glory for using Lifewater to improve our lives. Yours faithfully, Alice Kigbu Assistant Head Mistress


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

Maraban Shamaki is in Nigeria's Nasarawa State. This community on the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory but is strangely cut off from many basic social amenities, including safe water. Residents had to cross a busy highway, or depend on a seasonal water hole, for their drinking, cooking, and carrying out other domestic chores. They were always at the mercy of diarrhea, cholera, and all manner of other water-borne diseases that sometimes result in death. Lifewater Canada donors funded the replacement of hand-powered pumps on three broken-down wells, including this one at a local school, and the drilling of one new well. Now, the people of Maraban Shamaki have access to safe water with ease. They are living with good health, and children are attending school regularly because they are healthy and don’t need to spend lots of time each day fetching water.


Well Details

Well Depth: 131 ft. Turbidity: Clear
Depth of Water: 9.80 ft. Water Colour: Clear
Well Yield: 7.00 gpm Water Odour: None
Screen Length: 0.00 ft. Taste: Good
Casing Diameter: 4.00 in. Nitrate:
Handpump: Afridev Iron:
Developed By: pH: 9.600
Development Time: Bacti Test:
Disinfection: 24.00 hrs.

Children Gather Around Repaired Pump

Children Gather Around Repaired Pump

Woman by New Pump

Woman by New Pump

Beginning installing new pump

Beginning installing new pump

Pulling old Pump Parts

Pulling old Pump Parts



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

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