Last time I posted about the well pump project that we are starting--here are more details. The website is up and running, and we are ready to accept donations.
The website address is: www.wix.com/projectjom/warc
We visited a small village in rural Senegal called Dassilamé Sérère. This village is home to a community garden run by a small group of incredibly hard-working women. Each woman has her own garden plot, in which she cultivates onions, tomatoes, eggplant, carrots, okra, etc. year-round. For some women, these small gardens are the only means of earning a living for their families. In order to water their crops, the women have to haul countless buckets of water from a well far outside the limits of the garden. We attempted to haul the water from the well to the garden, and found it to be an arduous task.
Noticing the need for an efficient system to transport the water to the gardens, we decided to start an initiative to raise money for a water pump. The estimated cost of the pump, installation, and transport is $4,000 USD. With your help, we believe we can raise this amount to help the women of Dassilamé Sérère become more self-sufficient and further advance their community organization. Please consider donating to this incredibly worthy cause that we have witnessed first-hand.
Thank you for your consideration!
Again, the address is www.wix.com/projectjom/warc.
I'll post a longer blog entry later! Heather
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