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RWANDA Kanaba Community Latitude: 02 09.866 S, Longitude: 029 54.931 E
THE BUNSEN FAMILY – THE 10 DAYS
Kanaba, South Runahgo, Rwanda
WATER Community Details When the Living Water Rwanda team arrived in Kanaba Community, there were 118 families who were dependent on collecting water from nearby rice fields to support their immediate water needs. This unreliable and unsafe water source caused much illness in the community and it is hoped that with the implementation of an improved water source, that water and hygiene related illness will be greatly reduced in Kanaba. The community has access to pit latrines; a pit latrine with a slab and a VIP latrine that with continued use combined with access to an improved water source and sustained hygiene promotion will also help reduce the spread of illness in the area. During the team’s stay, community members assembled a water committee comprised of 2 men and 4 women who assisted the team with the water project whenever possible, supplied any materials they had available and guarded the team’s equipment. Water committees are community groups comprised of five to seven members trained in various aspects including management of the provided water point as well as general management principles to equip them with skills on sustainable water resources. A Protestant and Catholic religious influence is dominant in the Southern Ruhago area and the local Adventist, Catholic and Protestant churches have all committed to helping cultivate new believers and share the gospel with the unreached! The church worked alongside the Living Water team for the duration of the week and was viewed as a partner in providing Kanaba with access to safe drinking water. This partnership opens new doors for the church to use the provision of safe drinking water to continue sharing the good news in Kanaba!
Project Details Product Location of water point
New Kanaba, South Ruhango, Rwanda
Type of Institution Served GPS Coordinates
Village Latitude:02 09.866 S
Longitude: 029 54.931 E
Construction Altitude
1423 m
Total depth drilled
76 m
Static level
22 m
Total depth of casing
76 m
External Diameter of casing
100 mm
Casing material Screen Pump Type Depth of cylinder Gravel Pack Gravel Pack Depth Well yield
1 • Living Water International
PVC Start: 51m
Stop: 57 m India Mark II 63 m Yes 46 15 Liters/minute
Kanaba, South Runahgo, Rwanda
Sanitary seal depth from surface
4m
Shock Chlorination
Yes
Well Platform Platform is concrete with reinforcing steel
Yes
Dimension of Platform (H*W*L)
2*2*6
Drainage Channel or soak pit installed
Yes
Anything else constructed
Protective Fencing
Water Quality Results Water Purity Test
LWI Test Kit Total Dissolved Solids (as per T.D.S meter) :
Bacteria Test
Other Comments on Water Quality
2 • Living Water International
116
pH:
7
Total Hardness:
0 Ppm
Nitrate/Nitrites:
0 Ppm
Coliform Bacteria Detected (Darker Yellow Color) Bellow are results of water quality analysis using Wagtech Potable; pH=6.79, Turbidity=2.63NFU, Conductivity=257233ns, Temperature=25, free chlorine=0.04mg/l, combined chlorine=0.04mg/l, Total Chlorine=0.08mg/l, Iron=0.32mg/l, Ammonium=0.0mg/l, Fluoride=0mg/l, Arsenic=0.0ng, Nitrite=0mg/l, Nitrate=0mg/l
Kanaba, South Runahgo, Rwanda
FOR LIFE Hygiene Promotion During the hygiene education, the Living Water team addressed with 70 participants: Disease transmission, germs, hand washingproper techniques and water saving methods, latrine perception, diarrhea doll-causes of diarrhea, HIV/AIDS, good-bad hygiene behavior, disease transmission stories, tippy tap, proper care of the pump, community mapping and keeping the water clean. All of these lessons are taught in a participatory method to help community members discover ways to improve their hygiene and sanitation choices, and implement community driven solutions. Shortly following the hygiene promotion, community members gathered to construct tippy taps for single household use! These simple hand-washing devices will help reduce the spread of disease in the area and simultaneously promote the adoption of good hygiene behaviors.
Community Member Interview The Living Water team had an opportunity to meet with 74-year-old community member and farmer, Agnes, who shared, “We haven't been having a clean water source in this community. We have been getting our water from streams passing in the rice field. Am so grateful to whoever helped the elderly people like me and even to the future generation with clean water!”
IN JESUS’ NAME Christian Witness Living water international will do evangelism via Orality methodology and screening of the Jesus film working together with the local church. The local church will help in mobilizing the community for evangelism and also in taking care of the well by getting involved with the water committees. Living water will also train the local pastors on Orality strategy and how to use it both for discipleship and evangelism. During the Christian witness, the gospel was presented through oral communication and the story of the Samaritan woman was shared with 200 participants. There were over 300 participants who attended the viewing of the JESUS film, including several from neighboring villages. During the Christian witness, 200 people committed their lives to Jesus Christ, and the local churches encouraged participants to join a church and continue to seek the Lord! Matthew 7:7-8 NIV “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Considering 80% of developing countries are oral preference learners, oral disciple making methods are Living Water International’s core component of sharing the gospel in areas of work. Living Water International provides pastoral care and discipleship of field staff, so pastors and Living Water staff are better able to share the gospel with spiritually thirsty communities. To make disciples of oral learners, Living Water uses stories, proverbs, drama, songs, chants, and poetry to better engage communities. Living Water tells bible stories to community families and asks questions to help guide community members to interpret scripture into their own context.
3 • Living Water International
Kanaba, South Runahgo, Rwanda
PHOTOS
Project in process
Previous water source collected from a rice field and used to supply water for entire families!
4 • Living Water International
Kanaba, South Runahgo, Rwanda
Close up of plaque
Community children pumping safe drinking water!
5 • Living Water International
Kanaba, South Runahgo, Rwanda
The entire community now has access to a safe water source.
Community member interviewed by the Living Water Rwanda team.
6 • Living Water International
Kanaba, South Runahgo, Rwanda
Water user committee member who is responsible for helping maintain the well after the team leaves the area.
7 • Living Water International
THE BUNSEN FAMILY – THE 10 DAYS
Kanaba, South Runahgo, Rwanda
WATER Community Details When the Living Water Rwanda team arrived in Kanaba Community, there were 118 families who were dependent on collecting water from nearby rice fields to support their immediate water needs. This unreliable and unsafe water source caused much illness in the community and it is hoped that with the implementation of an improved water source, that water and hygiene related illness will be greatly reduced in Kanaba. The community has access to pit latrines; a pit latrine with a slab and a VIP latrine that with continued use combined with access to an improved water source and sustained hygiene promotion will also help reduce the spread of illness in the area. During the team’s stay, community members assembled a water committee comprised of 2 men and 4 women who assisted the team with the water project whenever possible, supplied any materials they had available and guarded the team’s equipment. Water committees are community groups comprised of five to seven members trained in various aspects including management of the provided water point as well as general management principles to equip them with skills on sustainable water resources. A Protestant and Catholic religious influence is dominant in the Southern Ruhago area and the local Adventist, Catholic and Protestant churches have all committed to helping cultivate new believers and share the gospel with the unreached! The church worked alongside the Living Water team for the duration of the week and was viewed as a partner in providing Kanaba with access to safe drinking water. This partnership opens new doors for the church to use the provision of safe drinking water to continue sharing the good news in Kanaba!
Project Details Product Location of water point
New Kanaba, South Ruhango, Rwanda
Type of Institution Served GPS Coordinates
Village Latitude:02 09.866 S
Longitude: 029 54.931 E
Construction Altitude
1423 m
Total depth drilled
76 m
Static level
22 m
Total depth of casing
76 m
External Diameter of casing
100 mm
Casing material Screen Pump Type Depth of cylinder Gravel Pack Gravel Pack Depth Well yield
1 • Living Water International
PVC Start: 51m
Stop: 57 m India Mark II 63 m Yes 46 15 Liters/minute
Kanaba, South Runahgo, Rwanda
Sanitary seal depth from surface
4m
Shock Chlorination
Yes
Well Platform Platform is concrete with reinforcing steel
Yes
Dimension of Platform (H*W*L)
2*2*6
Drainage Channel or soak pit installed
Yes
Anything else constructed
Protective Fencing
Water Quality Results Water Purity Test
LWI Test Kit Total Dissolved Solids (as per T.D.S meter) :
Bacteria Test
Other Comments on Water Quality
2 • Living Water International
116
pH:
7
Total Hardness:
0 Ppm
Nitrate/Nitrites:
0 Ppm
Coliform Bacteria Detected (Darker Yellow Color) Bellow are results of water quality analysis using Wagtech Potable; pH=6.79, Turbidity=2.63NFU, Conductivity=257233ns, Temperature=25, free chlorine=0.04mg/l, combined chlorine=0.04mg/l, Total Chlorine=0.08mg/l, Iron=0.32mg/l, Ammonium=0.0mg/l, Fluoride=0mg/l, Arsenic=0.0ng, Nitrite=0mg/l, Nitrate=0mg/l
Kanaba, South Runahgo, Rwanda
FOR LIFE Hygiene Promotion During the hygiene education, the Living Water team addressed with 70 participants: Disease transmission, germs, hand washingproper techniques and water saving methods, latrine perception, diarrhea doll-causes of diarrhea, HIV/AIDS, good-bad hygiene behavior, disease transmission stories, tippy tap, proper care of the pump, community mapping and keeping the water clean. All of these lessons are taught in a participatory method to help community members discover ways to improve their hygiene and sanitation choices, and implement community driven solutions. Shortly following the hygiene promotion, community members gathered to construct tippy taps for single household use! These simple hand-washing devices will help reduce the spread of disease in the area and simultaneously promote the adoption of good hygiene behaviors.
Community Member Interview The Living Water team had an opportunity to meet with 74-year-old community member and farmer, Agnes, who shared, “We haven't been having a clean water source in this community. We have been getting our water from streams passing in the rice field. Am so grateful to whoever helped the elderly people like me and even to the future generation with clean water!”
IN JESUS’ NAME Christian Witness Living water international will do evangelism via Orality methodology and screening of the Jesus film working together with the local church. The local church will help in mobilizing the community for evangelism and also in taking care of the well by getting involved with the water committees. Living water will also train the local pastors on Orality strategy and how to use it both for discipleship and evangelism. During the Christian witness, the gospel was presented through oral communication and the story of the Samaritan woman was shared with 200 participants. There were over 300 participants who attended the viewing of the JESUS film, including several from neighboring villages. During the Christian witness, 200 people committed their lives to Jesus Christ, and the local churches encouraged participants to join a church and continue to seek the Lord! Matthew 7:7-8 NIV “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Considering 80% of developing countries are oral preference learners, oral disciple making methods are Living Water International’s core component of sharing the gospel in areas of work. Living Water International provides pastoral care and discipleship of field staff, so pastors and Living Water staff are better able to share the gospel with spiritually thirsty communities. To make disciples of oral learners, Living Water uses stories, proverbs, drama, songs, chants, and poetry to better engage communities. Living Water tells bible stories to community families and asks questions to help guide community members to interpret scripture into their own context.
3 • Living Water International
Kanaba, South Runahgo, Rwanda
PHOTOS
Project in process
Previous water source collected from a rice field and used to supply water for entire families!
4 • Living Water International
Kanaba, South Runahgo, Rwanda
Close up of plaque
Community children pumping safe drinking water!
5 • Living Water International
Kanaba, South Runahgo, Rwanda
The entire community now has access to a safe water source.
Community member interviewed by the Living Water Rwanda team.
6 • Living Water International
Kanaba, South Runahgo, Rwanda
Water user committee member who is responsible for helping maintain the well after the team leaves the area.
7 • Living Water International
