Where women and girls must walk great distances to get water that is often polluted and carrying diseases, working with local communities Aid Africa builds sheltered springs; drills new wells close to villages; and repairs broken pumps, providing clean, accessible water.
Locally accessible clean water is essential to the sanitation and healthy development of a village.
Without it…
- Women and children spend hours retrieving water for household use.
- Water-borne illnesses flourish and existing medical conditions are exacerbated.
- Adults miss extensive amounts of work due to illness or the poor health of a family member.
World Water Day – March 22nd
Watch the 30-second video below to see how we use a simple method to dig a shallow well to provide a clean source of water close to the village.
The cost for a new well or protected spring as of November 2022 is $2000, in the ground.
No expensive drilling rig required!
Aid Africa digs, repairs and maintains vital water sources – including sheltered springs and wells – critical for providing life-sustaining clean water.
Our goal is to provide three local sources of clean water to every village we serve – over 3,000 wells and sheltered springs.
Donate Now
Make a donation of $100 toward the construction of a well and we will send you a certificate in your name – or the name of someone you would like to honor.
Amono’s Story
(from the April 2019 newsletter)
Amono Joyce is a 36 year-old peasant farmer. She lives in Ayilla village with her husband and nine children. She explains “Initially, we used to walk for over two miles for cleaner water. Though we also drank unclean water from the nearby open spring that the community members occasionally maintain sanitation around. We suffered a lot from diarrhea, stomach pain and cases of other water born related diseases. Thank God for bringing Aid Africa to our aid. We now have proximity to clean healthy water and no more cases of such diseases due to the well tested water that everyone can access, including the children. The water has practically change our lives as the rate of fetching water has increased. And water being life, this community is quite large so we request for additional water source to proportionally serve the whole community.”
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