Newsletter Article-"Water Restores Hope to Ngaamba"

Can you imagine walking several hours just to fetch water? How about with a three-year old child on your back? This has been a common daily chore for the women and children of Ngaamba…. until now.

As of November last year, one of the subvillages of Ngaamba has a brand new holding tank at the Itumbule Primary School, giving the people access to running water for the first time. This is the first phase of a project that will install water tanks throughout the other five subvillages in this community.

“Due to a five-year drought, the hearts and minds of the people were as dry as the land. Meeting the basic need of water has brought new life to our community both physically and spiritually,” expressed Pastor Leonard, chair of the leadership council.

With Ngaamba being in a semi-arid region, their access to water is extremely limited. Hence, clean running water has always been a distant dream they never believed would come true. Through the H2O4K project, that dream is becoming a reality, and it has motivated the entire community to work towards continued growth and transformation.

As the leadership council worked to establish a plan for transformation, the only need they stressed is “Water! Water! Water!” They could not see past this desperate need for water.

In order to make a solid impact and build our working relationship in Ngaamba, a water project was initiated. Word that water was coming spread through the community like wildfire, and the people of Ngaamba were overjoyed.

They were so motivated to see this project through, that they immediately began digging trenches for the piping. The people dug two miles of trenches in two days!

These trenches would house the piping that would pull water from the existing borehole that accessed the water underground to a holding tank at the Itumbule Primary School.

This tank is one of six that will be strategically placed throughout the six sub-villages of Ngaamba for more convenient community access. There will be two more tanks installed in the second phase of the project, and will begin this Spring.