In the area that E3 Worldwide works, we embarked on a new campaign to repair water wells and establish permaculture model gardens in the grey water runoff from these repaired wells. M-1, Clean Water for Malawi, and E3 Worldwide joined together to repair 10 wells over the course a single week for this first phase. Over the next month, Clean Water will provide borehole management training for the villages that received and will receive repair for their wells. In addition, E3 Worldwide will start to train and implement the permaculture model gardens. We will proceed with additional well repairs in the area following the completion of the first full phase.
But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. - John 4:14
Due to the broken bore hole the people in this village had to resort back to this hand dug water well as their water source.
This is a picture of another shallow hand-dug well used for the water source for the people (as well as the animals) of this village.
At each well people from the village and the village well committee participated in the dismantling, diagnosing, and repair of the bore holes. Most fixes were simple but required specialized parts and materials that are difficult for the villages to attain.
Above (in the maroon shirt) is the Group Village Headman for several villages that were supported by this borehole that had been broken roughly 6 years. They fixed it several times on their own with locally available materials but the repairs would not last.
I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.- Isaiah 44:3
Another picture of a shallow well where water is attained if the well is broken.
In the near future, a similar campaign for borehole repair will be started in Chiseka and the villages that surround where we live. Clean Water for Malawi (known as Clean Water for Africa in Malawi) will partner with M-1 Ministries and Rainbow CDC to reach the local villages. At this time, there are over 60 wells that are broken and not providing safe, clean drinking water for the people of these villages. If you would like to participate with us in this borehole repair project, then please contact us.
