COGP Primary School - Sankoya
Project Snapshot
Country: Sierra Leone
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude 8.716750
Longitude -13.230350
Impact:
Total Served: 235
Status: Completed (?)
Completion Date (or estimate): 03/10/2010
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General Information
The well rehab was at the school located in the Port Loko district of Sierra Leone. There are 235
students at this school, 135 boys and 100 girls. The pump had been spoiled for more than one year and they were accessing water with a rope and rubber. The old pump was pulled out. The cylinder and foot valve were disconnected with parts missing. The sucker rods and rising main were rusty. A new afridev pump was installed. Most people in the community earn a living through fishing, agriculture, selling wood, small businesses and teaching. When the project was complete, the community established a point person to be the caretaker of the well.
Testimony from a community member:
Daddy Suma, 75 year old chairman of the school committee and carpenter spoke with the team about the water needs for his community. “I gladdy! The rope and rubber is very dirty, but we didn’t have a choice. There is no other water source around here for miles. The water from the old pump tasted dirty and PVC pipes are the best”. (which is what the team used)
Testimony
When the team pulled over to check out the situation with the well at the school, the head teacher
came running out and was already praising God for the team stopping. It was amazing. It was one of
those days where the team was going where the Spirit led and obviously they were supposed to visit
this school. The school children gathered with the team to pray before beginning the work. The gospel was presented at the dedication as the team prayed and dedicated the project to God.
Hygiene Teaching
LWI-SL is a partner with UNICEF, and the menstrual hygiene training was taught to 24 fifth and sixth
grade girls. They were very thankful for this information. Other topics covered in the lessons were the three legged stool, proper hand washing techniques, and dental hygiene. The team noticed the pit latrines were collapsing into the pit. There were two huge sticks supporting it. This is a huge safety factor involved here. You can see into two very large holes into the pit. The sticks are literally supporting the building from falling into the pit.
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Sponsors
21 individual donors
Pathways Community Church
Okaloosa County Alumnae Chapter
Duane & Katrina Weaver
Country Details
Sierra Leone
- Population: 9.7 Million
- Lacking clean water: 47%
- Below poverty line: 70%
- Climate: Tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season; winter dry season
- Languages: English, Mende, Temne, Krio
- Ethnic Groups: 20 African ethnic groups 90% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 30%), Creole (Krio) 10%
- Life Expectancy: 48 years
- Infant Mortality Rate: 155 deaths per 1000 live births
Partner Profile
Living Water International
Nearly 20 years ago, we set out to help the church in North America be the hands and feet of Jesus by serving the poorest of the poor. 600 million people in the world live on less than $2 a day. 884 million people lack access to safe drinking water.
For all practical purposes, these statistics refer to the same people; around the world, communities are trapped in debilitating poverty because they constantly suffer from water-related diseases and parasites, and/or because they spend long stretches of their time carrying water over long distances.
In response to this need, we implement participatory, community-based water solutions in developing countries. Since we started, we’ve completed water projects for 7,000 communities in 26 countries.
It all began in 1990, when a group from Houston, Texas traveled to Kenya and saw the desperate need for clean drinking water. They returned to Houston and founded a 501(c)3 non-profit. The fledgling organization equipped and trained a team of Kenyan drillers, and LWI Kenya began operations the next year under the direction of a national board.
That pattern continues today; we train, consult, and equip local people to implement solutions in their own countries.
Remembering the life-changing nature of that first trip in 1990, we also lead hundreds of volunteers on mission trips each year, working with local communities, under the leadership of nationals, to implement water projects. It’s hard to know which lives are changed more—those “serving” or those “being served.”
Our training programs in shallow well drilling, pump repair, and hygiene education have equipped thousands of volunteers and professionals in the basics of integrated water solutions since 1997.
