Stephanie Ng's Visit- May 2012
When we visited the well, there were only two boys and two young warriors present. The older warrior answered the questions we had about the well and the community to the best of his ability. He told us that there were 240 households in the community with an average of 5 people per household which means the well benefits around 1,200 people in the community.
Before women would have to walk a total of 6 hours each day in search of water and oftentimes the water was from hand dug wells that were contaminated by fecal matter. This young male warrior even commented that women who were pregnant would often have miscarriages due to the far distances they had to walk and the heavy burden of carrying water such far distances. Now, women and children only walk 20-40 minutes total to get water that is clean and safe to drink. With the time saved, the women and the warriors have time to properly look after and care for their animals.
As far as the warrior knew (and Lucas confirmed this), there has never been an issue with the well.