Your Gift of Water for Women & Children of Malawi

As you know in Sub-Saharan Africa, traditionally, women and young girls bear the responsibility of obtaining their family’s water supply.

I'm sure you share our belief that clean water is the first step out of poverty, and that those without any should have it first.

So at Water Wells for Africa (WWFA) we take careful measures to ensure that the water wells we install last for at least 20 years by offering capacity building trainings to the communities for them to be able to take care of the well and maintain it mechanically by themselves. At each well site the local residents form a Community Based Management (CBM) team which is made up of 10 people -- usually 6 women and 4 men.

Each person on the CBM team learns how to take the pump completely apart and put it back together! Above and below we're sharing photos of some women from Thyolo village learning how to maintain the water well.

So far this year, with your help, WWFA has installed 52 wells -- 20 on school properties and 32 in villages. Our Malawi team is working on installing more wells before the rainy season comes.

There have been 39 CBM trainings so far and we have five more happening int the coming days.

Without you, none of this would happen! We're so thankful that you care about people in need and help get them clean, accessible water which changes their lives for the better in every way!

Let's keep it going together!

With sincere thanks for those who wait,

Kurt Dahlin

This is no exaggeration.

You really do improve and save lives through your support of WWFA.

There’s proof that WWFA’s water wells transform lives – from lives of sickness and drudgery …to good health and time for positive activities!

One lady (in her early fifties) we met a couple of months ago, Joice from Midiani Village, is a great example of how your investment in WWFA water wells changes EVERYTHING for the people who receive it.

Prior to getting a WWFA water well, the 100 households from her village drew water from a river (that often floods and gets contaminated), a rooftop, and the nearby village of Namalamba. Unfortunately, to reach the neighboring village, they had to cross a river with dangerous terrain. Joice told us that when she and other women tried to cross the river it was dangerous and many of them have injured themselves and their buckets have broken.

When the women did arrive safely at Namalamba they had a lengthy wait to draw their water, and then they had to turn around and make the 1.5 hour trek back to Mediani.

Our Malawi WWFA Team tells us it was not a difficult decision to approve the installation of the well in Midiani. They clearly needed it.

Now, Joice and all the women are so happy to have a clean water source IN THEIR OWN VILLAGE. They don’t mind if there’s a long line with their fellow residents. They simply sit on their bucket until it’s their turn – you can see the photo below depicting this scene.

Now the women have so much more time that they can devote to caring for their family, tending gardens, and some are talking about starting a small business.

I hope you can see, your donations to WWFA are an investment in PEOPLE!

Thank you for being the kind of person who cares about people in Africa like Joice and takes action.