Sarah,
You said this was Kawangare, but the description that follows looks like El Bayad, Egypt.

The health issue was Bilharzia. It is a parasite that enters the skin from water while farmers worked. It was a major problem. Clean drinking water was the target. 

Ken and I were there for the Health Trek. A well had successfully been dug. But we had to get water from the well to the village, some distance away. Trenches were dug so that water could be carried to each of 5 taps in the village. The earth was hard and tough. We and others labored. Then one eventing, some villagers who were smarter than we were, had carried water from the Nile to soften the trench earth. It made digging out the trench so much easier that new day!  

Jo Nelson is definitely the one to weigh in with memory and accuracy on this one!
Ruth 

On Aug 22, 2024, at 8:03 AM, Sarah H. Buss via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

In Kawangware there were several sources: when we first arrived women carried it from the canals. Then the men put on waders and carried it from Nile for us to put iodine in so we could use it for drinking and bathing; then Cairo patrons gave us $100. to buy a drilling bit I think it was. Wayne Nelson, Gene Boivin and village men choose a spot about 200 feet from the Nile to begin drilling by hand to get fresh water. It wasn’t very deep but it was clean. A hand pump was installed so villagers and ourselves then had clean water. Did I get that right? I am sure that you, Jo Nelson,  have a better memory than I, so please elaborate and correct me if necessary. Sarah Buss
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On Aug 21, 2024, at 7:22 PM, Judi White via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:


Oops! Kibera is near Kawangare. Im thinking of a village with similar name. Love aging!

On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 8:12 PM Judi White <judiwhite070@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, too long to remember details, but I do remember going there and teaching a Village leaders institute. We ate arrowroot and a concoction called kitheri.  Judi

On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 7:50 PM Lynda C via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

https://undark.org/2024/08/13/kenya-clean-water-aerial-piping-system/

 

Was there an ICA project by this named Kibera out side Nairobi?  The spelling is a bit different than I remember. 

 

An article from Reasons to Be Cheerful! 

 

Celebrate. 

 

Lynda

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