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Water works.

Care keeps it working: local caretakers, parts on hand, a written plan.
Schoolchildren laughing around a working hand pump outside their school
Kesla school pump, repaired in spring
Children filling containers at a village hand pump
A young girl drinking from a repaired tap
taps in the current plan are flowing again
3 of 5
$250 keeps one tap working for a full year

Put your gift to work.

Parts on hand, trained caretakers, and regular visits. Every gift has a place in the plan, and every line is reported back to you.

One tap, one full year $250

$95
Parts
$78
Training
$47
Visits
$30
Record
  • $12

    Seal and washer kit

    Stops a leaking pump for about a year.

  • $38

    Spare tap head

    Kept in the caretaker’s box, not ordered after it breaks.

  • $120

    Caretaker training day

    Two neighbors learn to strip, clean, and rebuild the pump.

  • $250

    One tap, one full year

    Parts, training, quarterly visits, and the written record.

A repair needs a maintenance plan.

A pump is the beginning. This is what one repair looks like in the record, from a text message to a report you can read.
  1. Sep 02
    Children filling containers at a village hand pump
    Before: a slow pump and a long line

    Amina, the caretaker, reports low flow by text.

  2. Sep 06
    Hands filling a yellow jerrycan at a covered well
    The fix: a twelve dollar seal kit

    A seal kit leaves the district store the same day.

  3. Sep 09
    A young girl drinking from a repaired tap
    After: clean water, tested the same day

    Repaired and tested. Water quality passes.

  4. Sep 18
    Clean water running over cupped hands
    On the record: water that keeps flowing

    Photos and receipts added to the public record.

    Read the impact record →
The pump did not need a new well. It needed someone who stays.
Amina, caretaker, Lokori east
Water poured from a repaired outdoor tap

Support a project. Stay with its story.

Read the plan. Ask a careful question. Put steady support behind locally led work.
Support a project

Sponsor people who keep the work going.

Become a care-team sponsor

A caretaker, a spare-parts box, and regular field visits. Ask about the current plan and the written record before committing.

One team. One shared plan.

Two caretakers, one parts box, four visits a year, and one record you can read.

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