Choose a village. Change everything. These are our borehole water well projects in rural Malawi. Most are already funded and serving families today; a few are still seeking funding, and those are the ones waiting on a donor right now. Each well serves hundreds of people, ends the daily 2km walk to contaminated water, and lasts about 75 years.
Villages still seeking funding show a donate button and a progress bar that's still filling. Funded villages show a full bar and no button; nearly all are already drilled and serving water. Hover over a funded village's photo to see what families drank from before the well: stagnant pits, muddy holes, and seasonal streams.
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Kaluluma Village Well Project
The 750 residents of Kaluluma Village have no access to safe drinking water and depend entirely on a dambo, a marshy hollow in open grassland where water collects below the surface. There is no pool to draw from, only a shallow hole scooped into the wet ground, barely wider than a washing basin. Residents crouch over it and lift the dark, still water out a small dish at a time, waiting their turn as buckets and basins line the grass around them, then carry the full containers home on their heads across open ground. The dambo is shared with livestock and wild animals. A rural hospital serves this community, so the same contaminated water reaches the place people go to be treated. This area is at high risk for cholera and other waterborne diseases, presenting severe health risks to the entire community.Regular price $1.00 USDRegular priceUnit price per
