Yesterday I had a chance to head up into the mountains &
do some well repair. One of the biggest challenges
is not only putting in the wells but maintaining them. Once one of our wells goes operational it basically
gets pumped 24 hrs a day/ 7 days a week until it gets broken. Some last up to a year others get broken within
a couple weeks. Apparently we are one of
the only organizations in Haiti that builds wells & maintains them. There have been plenty of short term
organizations that have gone around the country side & put in wells, there’s
probably a couple thousand throughout Haiti that don’t work because the people
don’t have the money or the equipment to fix them.
When we backed up to repair this well there was no one
around, by time it was fixed we had about 100 or more in the area! They were very happy & gracious that we
came. It’s amazing how such a basic necessity
that we take for granite is such a life changer for them. Some will still walk miles to get to this
pump, hopefully we can add some more soon. Please pray for these desperate families, our Haitian workers & their families, the Missionaries & our family. God Bless!
I think it's really cool that you go out and do these kind of things. I bet something like this would seriously make a huge difference in their lives. Where would I need to start if I wanted to do something similar to this?
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I think it's really cool that you go out and do these kind of things. I bet something like this would seriously make a huge difference in their lives. Where would I need to start if I wanted to do something similar to this?
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