Unfortunately, the water problem is still not sorted. In the meantime, someone had come up with the idea of having water pushed back into the water pipes from the dam. This brought us water at the tap again for a short while. But it has unfortunately also washed bacteria into the water pipes. The whole village was plagued by diarrhea and vomiting, which of course did not stop for for our team. We all have been lying flat for a few days.
Since then we have to filter the water when it comes sporadically from the tap. Fortunately, or by means of God's precaution, an outreach team, some time ago, left us two water filters that were developed for disaster areas or areas without clean water supply.
The filter is built into a canister to make the filter process easier.
Filter system, from the top (contaminated water) down to the drinking water.
It is scarry, but also horizon expanding, considering that the half of the world population living in rural areas do not have access to clean water. To experience this by our self, makes us think very differently about water consumption, or even water wastage. We are trying more and more to use water multiple times. From showering or hair washing for the toilet. From the food preparation for the vegetable garden. There are many ways to get creative.
But we also learned what it means to live in a rural area. The people are dependent on each other and they help each other when it becomes tough.
When we ran out of water, a farmer on Sunday packed a 1000l water tank on his pickup truck, filled it with spring water from his farm and delivered it to the people in the village home. This is living charity.
Love and Greetings,
Stephan
