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The People of Liberia thank
Anonymous Donor For helping them repair their handpump in Mende’s Town Q4 |
Latitude: 6.40097 Longitude: -10.43455
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A message from the community |
On behalf of Mende’s Town Q4, I extend thanks and appreciation to Lifewater for coming into our town and fixing our hand pump. God bless you all. -- Afred Taynun, Town Chief |
Some community details (provided by our in-country partners) |
Lifewater drilled water wells in Mende's Town several years ago. Over time, due to constant use, the hand-powered pumps on some of the wells began failing. When a pump wouldn't work anymore, residents were forced to begin gathering water from creeks, open hand-dug wells and other unsafe sources, which put children and adults of risk of diarrhea and other waterborne illnesses. The only other option was long walks to safe sources that are so far away that to get to them, women would sacrifice time needed each day to care for their families, and children would sacrifice time each day needed to be in school. Lifewater returned to Mende's Town recently and, thanks to our donors, repaired the broken hand pumps (including this one). Safe water is flowing from the well again, and women and children are no longer spending hours each day in search of water. "Lifewater has once again come to our rescue and prevented the long suffering of a community in need of this precious commodity -- clean water," residents told us.
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