Donated by The Customers of Coastal Food Service and ESS Through Purchases of Cases of Water

“My name is Abuk Adhiil Mabuoch. I am a 26-year-old mother of three children who are not yet enrolled in school, and my husband is a nurse who owns a clinic and cures patients to earn money for our living. The family and I reside next to the Born Again borehole, the closest water source I always use to get clean water.  

Last year, I was in a different residence but was disturbed by the heavy flood and came to this current location near Born Again. After eight good months here, the borehole experienced a lack of water for two days of its breakage. We shifted to the Chueicok borehole for access to clean drinking water, but it was very complicated, its management committee wanted to charge Born Again households and pupils, who are all estimated to be 566 households. Few households managed to pay, and the majority didn’t pay. Unfortunately, none of them got water because of the long queue, and hundreds of jerrycans and buckets were lined up, which limited the chances and object the intruders.  

The mechanics team arrived at the site and disassembled the damaged borehole, it was detected to be one of the GI pipes that had a big hole near the thread; therefore, the committee was asked by the mechanic whether to pay for a new GI pipe, or if the problem of the leakage could be fixed. They agreed to repair the old one where mechanics cut out the hole near the thread of the pipe, created a new thread and assembled the parts back to their respective positions, which led to the flow of water efficiently and effectively. The committee cleared off the labor fee and beneficiaries of Born Again were very excited with this professional work of doing a very hard task in an uncomplicated approach.”   

Abuk Adhiil Mabuoch, Community Member.

This project was undertaken as part of our campaign of projects that actively reduce carbon emissions. This project helped the community save their much needed wood which was previously being burnt daily to boil water. This project has also eliminated the many thousands of hours previously spent on walking to collect water.