A quick rehash...Spring of Hope International (SOHI) was founded by David Opap, whose mother and five siblings died of waterborne illnesses. While SOHI's ultimate goal is to reach Africa for Christ, providing clean, drinkable water is also a big focus because without water, there is not life.
Every day we see throngs of women plodding along the road with babies on their backs and yellow buckets on their heads. We see children, not playing in, but fetching water from the mud puddles formed by yesterday's downpour. Other children collect water while their neighbor's livestock do the same.
Protozoa and parasites run rampant in this stagnant water, but with no other water source, people are left little choice.
Spring of Hope is giving Kenyans another choice.
Our vans pull into Adiedo Primary School shortly after the well rig hit water. This is the village's second well. Only, this time, the drill hits water at a mere 120 feet, and the volume of water that gushes to the surface is described by the expert driller, Mick, as "incredible, just incredible." Never in his career has Mick struck so much water, so soon. Raindrops begin to tumble from the heavens--a timely reminder of where the well water has come from.
News travels fast, and joy overflows along with the water. Women bring their buckets, and children play in the puddles.
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- Nicole
- Life is not meant to be safe. It's only in our mistakes, our errors, and our faults that we grow and truly live.
