Naomi Memorial Pre-Primary School
Project Snapshot
Country: Sierra Leone
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude 8.601117
Longitude -13.188100
Impact:
Total Served: 700
Status: Completed (?)
Completion Date (or estimate): 04/06/2010
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General Information
The well rehab was at the pre-primary school in the community of Rotifunk #20. This school's well was
an open well which caused water borne illnesses such as dysentery and malaria. Also, there is an Islamic Secondary school next door that have a broken well. Until the team is able to rehabilitate that well this primary school has agreed to let those students get water from this well, which is nearby. Most of the people in the community earn a living through small businesses, teaching and petty trading. The community helped the team with the rehab project by providing labor and security. When the project was complete, the community established a point person to be the caretaker of the well. Testimony from a community member: Esther F.F. Kamara-Onwuma, 38 year old headmistress of the school spoke with the team about the water needs for the school and community. 'There is a whole lotta different. Having this well sealed up is a lot safer for the children. The water is more pure. It is healthy. It is wonderful! I can't even explain'.
Testimony
The children gathered with the team around the well to pray before beginning any work each day. Upon completion, we dedicated the well and the hand pump up to Daddy God. Bible storying was done during the hygiene training with the children. The creation song was sung with them. The Gospel was presented. The owner of this school is the wife of a local pastor. They are Gideons and are going to team up with us to distribute Bibles at the well sites in this area of the country.
Hygiene Teaching
The school has a two stall pit latrine. Because there was no place to wash the children's hands, the hygiene team taught the teachers how to make tippy taps and showed the children how to use them properly. The hygiene team discussed the importance of the children using a 'potty' instead of peeing against the side of the building. They didn't seem to be using the pit latrines. Maybe because some of the children are so small. The ages of the children begin at two years old. The team discussed the need for the children to wash their hands and discussed when the children should be washing their hands with soap and water.
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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.
