Well Repair Project
Malawi
Sustainable Resources' Well Repair Project works with communities around Malawi to help fix their wells for only $5. By helping communities fix their wells, they are able to have fresh water without having pay thousands of dollars for a new well.
Well Repair Project Program
Dr. Jan Snyder, a professor at Arizona State University and founder of Sustainable Resources, was asked by a local community in Malawi to help fix their well. Wells can be fixed with a few basic tools, some rope, and a $5 rubber part. Instead of a new well for thousands of dollars, a broken well could once again provide water. Once a community learns how to fix their well, they then show other communities how to fix their own wells.
Why the need?
Water is without a doubt the most precious resource in the world. In rural developing areas in Malawi, communities are entirely dependent on wells for clean water.
In Africa, there are several thousand “bore hole” wells drilled to provide fresh water in rural areas. Most of the time, these bore holes are drilled by foreign companies and there is no reliable service for maintenance and repair when the pumps (inevitably) stop working. Many bore holes need repair within a matter of months after installation and locals are forced to return to the endless and often fruitless search for potable water.
How Team Efforts Translate to Impact
All funds teams raise will support the go towards the operating costs of well repairs.
How does the Well Repair Project Create Sustainable Global Change?
The Well Repair Project works with local communities to help repair their local wells for a very low cost. Because of the well project, they no longer must raise large amounts of money to pay an outside company to drill a well and they are able to teach other communities how to do the same to fix their own wells.
*Photos courtesy of Sustainable Resources LTD
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