It is truly an honor for Erick’s Hope to sponsor clean water through a non-profit Christian organization, The Water Project.
Do you believe everyone deserves clean drinking water? We do too! We believe together we can make a greater impact! With your donations in 2012, we are extremely excited to announce Erick’s Hope has funded a “Spring Catchment” (protection) to bring clean, safe drinking water to approximately 2,200 people. Kolongolo sping is located in Manyoa village, Bungoma county, outside of Kenya, Africa.
Kolongo
lo Spring Catchment Project in 2012;
“When water comes…everything changes.” That’s what our driver, from the water project, told us as they drove from town to town in Kenya. “And we see the change every time a new water project brings clean water.” To learn more about this project go to: http://thewaterproject.org/community/projects/kenya/spring-catchment-in-kenya-4111
Well Restoration Project in 2013;
In 2013, your donations allowed us to sponsor a “Well Restoration” in Lungi, New York, Sierra Leone, Africa. The old source is an open well, and the well is so deep it is strainful for the smaller ones, so sometimes they went to the stream to get water quickly. The hand pump makes it easy for everyone to get their water, and it keeps them away from the stream, It makes life better in the community. With a new pump install, and cement work completed, 180 resident now have clean, safe drinking 
water. To learn more about this project go to:
http://thewaterproject.org/community/projects/sierra-leone/well-repair-in-sierra-leone-5037
In 2014, your support helped Erick’s Hope sponsor an entire “Well” for approximately 225 people in a village in Kinyara West, Uganda, Africa.
We could never accomplish these gifts of kindness without your partnership. May we continue to give the gift of safe, clean water! Together we can make a greater impact!!
In 2015 Elukho Primary School received “Ecosan-latrines” Where we brought clean water for sanitation. To read more about the Ecosan-latrines go to our designated page.
Ecosan-Latrines; where the waste is recycled
A catchment to collect rainwater so children from the school may wash hands to practice good hygiene.
In 2015/2016 a community in Twone Mbee Muselele ll, Kenya, Africa, is celebrating the completion of a sponsored well built within a sand dam area. Sand dams are meant to create access and availability to water throughout the year where a dried up river source no longer provides the water needed to sustain the village and/or community. Without the sand dam crops are unable to produce which carries the trickle down affect to reduce household income. The villager’s time is spent retrieving water. Now communities have clean drinking water that they can drink and excess water may be used for farming. Once a sand dam is built properly it will serve the community for approximately 100 years.
A completed “Sand Dam Well” 2015/2016
A “Well” built in a sand dam area 2015/2016
Eshiakhulo Primary School is located in Eshiakhulo Village, Kenya. It began in 1977 as an Early Childhood Education (ECDE ) learning center. It opened it
Latrines and Rainwater Tank 2017
s first primary school class in 1978. The community decided to start this educational center since there was no other primary school in the area. In the beginning, there were only 65 young children, but it has now grown to a total of 758 pupils! The school employs 18 teachers and three support staff.
Pupils fetch water from a nearby unprotected spring, which is 200 meters away, in small jerrycans. That water is used for cleaning, cooking and drinking. Time students spend lined up to fetch water sacrifices time that would otherwise be used profitably for academics.
Pupils have to step in the mucky, stagnant water at the spring, predisposing them to infections. Teachers don’t control how the water is drawn and handled at the spring or on the road, because children go there alone. “Some of our children bring to school soiled water and I tend to believe that they just draw it from the ground when the queues get longer,” said Headteacher Stephen Mayabi.
Plans: Hygiene and Sanitation Training and Hand-Washing Stations
Training will be held for two days. The facilitator will use PHAST (participatory hygiene and sanitation transformation), ABCD (asset-based community development), CTC (child to child), lectures, group discussions, and handouts to teach health topics and ways to promote good practices within the school. The CTC method will prepare students to lead other students into healthy habits, as well as kickstart a CTC club for the school. This CTC club will oversee the new facilities, such as hand-washing stations, and make sure they are kept clean and in working condition. The two hand-washing stations will be delivered to the school, and the club will fill them with water on a daily basis and make sure there is always a cleaning agent such as soap or ash.
Plans: VIP Latrines
These latrines are in dire need of replacement. Two triple-door latrines will be constructed with local materials that the school will help gather. Three doors will serve the girls while the other three serve the boys. And with a new source of water on school grounds, students and staff should have enough to keep these new latrines clean.
Plans: Rainwater Catchment Tank
A 50,000-liter rainwater catchment tank will help alleviate the water crisis at this school. The school will also help gather the needed materials such as sand, rocks, and water from the spring for mixing cement. Once finished, this tank can begin catching rainfall that will be used by the school’s students and staff. Students will no longer have to haul water to school, for they will soon have safe water at their doorstep.
Progress at Eshiakhulo Primary School – 11/22/2017
We’ve received an update from the field that the brunt of tank and latrine construction work will be done in December. The school asked for some extra time to prepare for our artisans’ arrival; to gather the manpower needed to help our artisans sink latrine pits and gather the water needed for mixing cement. Thank You for standing with us as we wait for the best time to complete this water project at Eshiakhulo Primary School. We look forward to reaching out again with good news!
Thank you for your continued to support. Eshiakhulo Primary School will soon have a source of water on school grounds thanks to your donation! A rainwater catchment tank and new latrines are being constructed, hand-washing stations provided, and the school is being trained on proper sanitation and hygiene practices. Imagine the impact this will have on these students! Together we DO make a GREATER impact!
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This is such an awesome clean water project. Keep up the good work!