The little things

As a fully voluntary organisation we did not set out to change the world but rather to help a few people along the way to access clean, safe drinking water.
Now that the numbers are well past the 600,000 mark, and that we have 42 preschools and he 28,000 fruit tree seedlings this year, I have to add that I rarely mention numbers, because they are just numbers, where each one person is precious to us.

The picture and report from our new boss Alepher may show what I mean (about numbers).

HOME VISITATION
Date: 26 November 2014
Mary,
Today I squeezed-in a visit to this family on your behalf.

Area: Ng’ongo
T/A: Mbelwa
Name of the father: Edson Mlenga
HISTORY
• He is a father of two children
• First is Matthias a boy of 7 and witness a girl of 5 years
• The originated from Chiula village,T/A Mwenemisuku in Chitipa district
• The children are unable to walk
• Matthias is a known epileptic patient and it started when he was three years old
• Both Matthias and Witness crawl on their knees
• He separated with his wife and he remarried a woman who also has a child without legs
• The child’s name is Angella, in the photos she is seen without legs
• They have been to five hundred miles and were given the prosthetic limbs
• He has no home, but he and the children live in his uncle’s house
Wells for Zoe: We will help with clothes and soap for the start. At the same time I will begin advocacy on their behalf.
We will help them with one shallow well to ease the burden of drawing water.
I went with Francisco from St John of God Services on his motorbike . Later in the day we also went back, that long distance (remember?) to Chiguera, with the ten women from Dedza to meet the women’s self-help groups, as a training. These were the most motivated group we have met and the women came away really fired-up, as you say. It was exciting. They spent the rest of the week on the farm and go to pump installations tomorrow, and home on Friday.
Thank you boss
Alepher reporting.