Well project
May 2009
In March '09 we finished the construction of a 70-foot covered well, that pumps clean water to a village of over three thousand people. Four of the students that we support alerted the Foundation to the water situation in their home village; people were faced with the choice between a 1.5 hour walk (each way) to get clean water, or to use a water hole shared with livestock.
The Thursday Night Hockey group in Burlington Vermont took on the challenge of raising the $5,000 needed to build the well. After raising the funds, the Foundation worked with village leaders to find a suitable site and organize a maintenance scheme. The well is now in operation, and the video is from the ribbon cutting ceremony attended by John Koerner, Peter Brady, and Bill Butler, three members of the Thursday Night Hockey group.
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