Joel is 49 years old and is married with nine children. Joel said that since he was born, no borehole well has ever been drilled in his community and that the joy of having such a water source at this time is inexpressible. He added “Ask anyone, young or old and you will believe me.”

To him, the health of the community has greatly improved. Diarrhea that was very common both in adults and children is no longer a problem. In this photo, you can see Joel arranging jerry cans at the water source. Joel’s family lives about 40 meters from this well, and are very happy to have such convenient access to water.

Thank you Laurent, Lokesh, Balaji, Anil, Bill, Chris, David, Sanjiv-Rajani, and Sterling and Melinda for helping support the cost of this well!

Molly Oluma is 39 years old, and is married with six children. In the past members of her community shared a water source with wild animals, and as a result, people often became sick. Lots of time was wasted fetching water.

Thanks to your support, Divine Waters Uganda built a borehole well in Molly’s village of Alam in Northern Uganda, which provides her community with clean water that is not contaminated by animals. Now, Molly is able to save time she once spent collecting water, and is able to do other household activities. Her house is about forty meters away from the well.

Thank you all for your generous support of Molly’s family and Divine Waters Uganda!

Connie is a girl of 16 years of age. She studied up to third grade, but had to leave school as her family was unable to afford it. Connie dealt with many hardships as a child and was forced to move many times. Right now, she is living with her father§s sister. Her father passed away last October.

There are six people in the home where Connie now lives, and she is responsible for collecting water for the family. Before the borehole was drilled in her village, Connie spent all day collecting water. There were many risks in collecting water, including being buried by collapsed soil from the cliffs around the water source. Some days, Connie would return home without any water.

Thanks to your generous donations, Divine Waters Uganda was able to build a well in the community Connie lives in, a village called Alam in northern Uganda. A special thank you goes to Christina who supported water for 8 people in this community.

Hilda is a ten year old girl who attends third grade at Arwot Primary School in rural Northern Uganda. She likes all of her subjects at school. She loves her mom very much and is very pleased when her mom is able to rest at home or do other things while she fetches water for the family.

In the past, due to the distance to the former water source, she could not fetch water for her mom in the morning before going to school. Instead, her mom would walk a long distance each day to collect water for the family.

Now Hilda finds it a joy to wake up early and take home water for her mom to use while she is at school. She is able to fetch all the water needed for her family. Hilda is the oldest of seven and likes to be able to help with her younger siblings.

Thank you for your generous donations, which have provided a source of water for ten people in this community!