Stan Olsen, Board Member and Project Coordinator, was in Liberia in January & February 2011 organizing the Kuwaa Mission’s work for this season. He purchased materials for 3 water wells and orchestrated their delivery by truck and then helicopter. We are so blessed to have transportation donated by Samaritan’s Purse this year Last year, the villagers had to walk 7 hours one way to pick up loads of cement, pump parts, and tools from the end of the road. Transportation of the materials last year cost $2600/well just to the end of the road. The villages receiving new wells this year were even further from the end of the road, so the helicopter delivery was a real blessing. The elders in the villages were dancing when they saw the helicopter!
Cindy Watkins Ellis, Board Member, arrived in Liberia in February and went up to the villages to monitor progress on the wells. She stayed in the bush for 4 weeks and visited 14 of the 16 Kuwaa villages. To date, one well has been completed in Kondesu. They only had a stream as a water source, so now they have a ready source of clean water. Praise the Lord! She also visited the villages where we dug wells last year.
Rev. Jensen Seyenkulo, CEO of the Kuwaa Mission, is now in Liberia. He is following up on the well work, networking with governmental agencies and other NGOs, and making plans for our future endeavors. “
Photo Caption: “This photo is of the well that we had dug in Gbeyankei last year. The water is clean and plentiful. Cindy walked down to the stream that they were using last year as their water source, and the path was grown over. They aren’t using the stream any more! The villagers will be much healthier now with clean water to drink. Thank you to all who supported our efforts!”
