Project Description:

Building on the success of our water wells project in Nicaragua, Change for Children is working with the Tamaraneh Society to raise funds to drill 5 water wells in the Romano Village region of Sierra Leone.

The villagers of Romano live a subsistence lifestyle and completed a water well project in 2007, which has helped reduce water borne illnesses in the community especially amongst children. Increasing needs for water in the surrounding area have made it necessary to prioritize the drilling of five more wells.

Update from the field: May 2011

Change for Children is waiting for total monies raised before initiating well construction.
 

Update from the field: June 2010 

This project is still in the planning and design stages as we wait for sufficient funding to begin well drilling. In 2010 the community water committee began its training process and members are learning about how to manage the resource and administer the user fees beneficiaries will be charged in order to provide maintenance for the water system to ensure its sustainability.

Update from the field: November 2009

This project is till in the planning and design stages as we wait for sufficient funding to begin well drilling. A community water committee has been formed to manage the resource and provide for the technical maintenance of the system.

Update from the field: June 2009

This project is till in the planning and design stages as we wait for sufficient funding to begin well drilling. A community water committee has been formed to manage the resource and provide for the technical maintenance of the system.