We are delighted to report that one of our ‘watery’ charities, WellBoring, has just succeeded in providing clean fresh water to its 400th school and community in Africa. We are proud to be part of their efforts.
WellBoring, as its name implies, installs new wells and rehabilitates broken ones, in rural Kenya and beyond. But not only does the provision of a well mean safe, clean water, it also has deep implications for children’s education, particularly girls. For, if there is no working well in the village, people are forced to tramp miles every day to find water for drinking and cooking. And the task often falls on women and young girls, who therefore miss out on their schooling.
Founder Nigel Linacre says: “We set up WellBoring in 2011 to get water to one school. We’re now celebrating getting access to clean, safe water to our 400th school and community.”
The Watermill’s contribution has been to sponsor the restoration and maintenance of a broken well at the St Leo’s RC Primary School in Kamolo in Kenya in Africa. There is a chronic water shortage in the Busia area of western Kenya, where the school is located, and often the conventional solution has been to dig more wells, but repairing or rehabilitating broken-down ones is proving to be a much more economically viable solution. And that’s what happened in Kamolo. Working with WellBoring, the Watermill at Posara paid for the ‘rehabilitation’ of the school’s well, not only benefiting the children, but the whole community.
Nigel Linacre says: “Together, we’ve proven that change is possible, one well at a time. We’re restoring health, enabling education and community development. It’s a comprehensive transformation that starts with a simple yet vital element: water.”
WellBoring’s motto is Where there’s a will, there’s a well.” If you would like to help as well (pardon the pun), you can find out all about the charity by clicking here.