When Living Water visited the Karachuonyo community, they interviewed community members to hear about their experience with the water crisis. Each person detailed how intertwined their poverty was with the lack of safe water. One resident said, “Every time the hand pump broke down, it took several weeks to repair it. This was always the most difficult time for everyone in our community. When we couldn’t walk to a neighboring community, we had no choice but to buy water from a roving tanker truck. It costs a lot of money to purchase a single jerrycan. This would leave us with little to no money for other important needs like food.
The introduction of the water kiosk not only alleviated the physical burden of gathering water from a faraway source but also unlocked new opportunities for Jane and her neighbors. Jane now manages the water kiosk alongside her thriving fish mongering business, making plenty of money to send her children to school and save for the future. Ample safe water has helped relieve Jane from a cycle of poverty, allowing her to feel self-sufficient and confident!
Jane’s neighbor, Dorothy, shared: “Now, water is easily accessible at the water kiosk throughout the day and year-round, even during the dry season! Other women will be able to grow vegetables at home, saving even more money on what they would have spent on buying vegetables from the market.”
