Women carry an unfair burden when there is no safe water, constant physical danger and strain while fetching water over long distances, coping with chronic water-borne illness, missing school, and spending many days caring for sick family members. When safe water is nearby, we see women prosper. […]
After having kept you all up to date about "our" village, Bouassa, in Burkina Faso, it seems important to tell you where we are at. Well, to be honest with you, we are waiting! Indeed, all of the funding applications are in the hands of the various foundations that we submitted them to. Applications [...]
This Sunday afternoon, the sun’s rays are pounding on the desert floor. The sky seems brazen, but no matter, in this season, it’s like that every day and the children would not miss their soccer game, for anything in the world, which takes place in front of the small church built from sun-dried bricks. […]
The dawn breaks, full of promise. A hoarse rooster begins his morning calls, the doves shake themselves to drive away sleep from their feathers and a cuckoo takes off singing to call a female hidden in a nest. The man is cold this morning, he puts a wool cap on his head, a cap that one day had to be white, his thread barren old shirt with the logo “The Lakers” on the front, too big for him, in any case, but enough to keep warm. He […]
You must leave the main road and onto the deformed streets to better feel the heartbeat of the village. Behind the adobe walls, you can hear the pestle that crushes the millet in the mortar bowl dug out of a tree trunk. We must strike hard to get the flour used to prepare the daily porridge. From place to place we hear voices, chatter, and children crying. And then there is the unmistakable sound, in the midst of it all, of water that flows into a container and hand pump that is used. […]
Bouassa or Boassa, depending on where you are, is a small village in the bush. At least it was until not so long ago. But like elsewhere in Africa, the big city is trying to swallow it up. But it remains to be a small village despite the fast approaching city. The red dirt road divides it in half down the middle. When large trucks drive over the bumpy road which is formed by strong and heavy rains, a thick cloud of dust hides the houses until it settles. While tirelessly the small traders who have set up their stands along the road, dust off the fruits and vegetables, pottery or metal parts from the blacksmith. […]
The small amounts of water that these women and children gather are often only used for drinking and food preparation, this leaves little hope for basic hygiene that prevents diseases. […]
Every donation helps, the need is great, and we rely on the generosity of donors to be able to continue drilling. Donations of any size are very welcome and appreciated. We believe people, not water, can change everything! When you sponsor Well Drilling Project in Burkina Faso, Africa you'll unlock the potential of an entire [...]
The sun had just gone down for the evening, it seemed, when it was time for Assétou to wake up and prepare for the two-mile long trek to the nearest stream. She needed to fetch water for the family before her husband and children awoke, returning by sunrise to begin the rest of the day’s work. […]
Illnesses from unclean water and the absence of basic sanitation KILL more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Children are especially sensitive, as their bodies aren’t strong enough to fight against diarrhea, dysentery and other sickness. […]
