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The People of Liberia thank
Donna Verity (Scarborough, ON) For helping them repair their handpump in New Life Community A&B Q2 |
Latitude: 6.232295 Longitude: -10.65628
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A message from the community |
We are grateful as New Life Community dwellers. For the past few days, many of our dwellers reverted back to using open wells since the hand pump on our community well had broken down. However, the Lifewater repair team came and fixed the hand pump. Thank you again to Lifewater and its sponsors. May God richly bless you. -- Musu Doboyou, Community Chairlady
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Some community details (provided by our in-country partners) |
When the hand-powered pumps on their two community wells failed recently, residents of Life Community Block A&B in Lower Margibi County no longer had easy access to safe water. They reverted to old water sources such as creeks and hand-dug wells. These contaminated sources resulted in several people in the community -- mostly children -- contracting typhoid and other waterborne diseases. Meanwhile, the time needed to walk to and from the creeks and hand-dug wells kept women from caring for their families and children from being in school. But thanks to Lifewater donors, only a few days after the second pump's breakdown, our repair team arrived and repaired both pumps (including this one) and conducted a cleansing chlorination process on each well. Safe water is readily available to everyone again, much to the excitement and relief of the residents. They are grateful to Lifewater and our donors for restoring their safe water sources. |