{"id":3344,"date":"2016-05-19T16:14:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T16:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/?p=3344"},"modified":"2019-05-07T20:00:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T20:00:50","slug":"clean-water-for-congo-one-familys-story-of-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/clean-water-for-congo-one-familys-story-of-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean Water for Congo: One Family&#8217;s Story of Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By CKC Project Manager Cat Knarr<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/05\/Bernadette_family_congo.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3344]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-3347 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/05\/Bernadette_family_congo.jpg\" alt=\"Bernadette_family_congo\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/05\/Bernadette_family_congo.jpg 600w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/05\/Bernadette_family_congo-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Bernadette wants to collect water for her family, she picks up her jug and walks a few minutes away to a kiosk. There, clean water sprays from a faucet, pouring out until it fills up her jug all the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeforehand we had a lot of pain getting water, and now we have good water,\u201d Bernadette said. \u201cIt\u2019s beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The short walk to the kiosk is a stark contrast to the mile that Bernadette used to walk to get to a dirty stream. It took an hour for her to walk there and back, and she could see how dirty the grayish water was\u2014but back then, she had no other option. It was the only water available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt had a bad taste and there were animals in it,\u201d Bernadette said. \u201cOther people were going to the bathroom nearby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the CKC team talked to Bernadette and her husband, Serge Jackson, we learned what a significant impact clean water has made for them and their four children. Their kids haven\u2019t gotten sick in more than six months, the shorter walk is much easier in the 90- to 100-degree heat, and they no longer have to fear for their safety while walking on the dangerously remote path to the dirty stream.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thank God very much,\u201d Serge Jackson said.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How It Works<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_3349\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/05\/Bernadette_water_kiosk.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3344]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3349\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/05\/Bernadette_water_kiosk.jpg\" alt=\"Bernadette fills up her jug at the nearby World Vision water kiosk.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/05\/Bernadette_water_kiosk.jpg 600w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/05\/Bernadette_water_kiosk-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-3349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bernadette fills up her jug at the nearby World Vision water kiosk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bernadette and her family make up six of the 24,000 people who now have access to clean water in the city of Gemena in northwest Congo. There, Covenant Kids Congo powered by World Vision is working together with the local Congolese churches (the Covenant church, the Evangelical Free church, and the Catholic church) to drill new water wells and manage the water distribution.<\/p>\n<p>In remote areas of Congo, clean water is a rarity. When Covenant Kids Congo powered by World Vision first came to Gemena, the World Vision DR Congo office did an assessment and found that only 11% of people had access to clean water. Now, that\u2019s changing. Two new deep water wells with water towers, solar-powered pumping stations, and multiple points of distribution within the village have been drilled, and a third is on the way. Johnson Mawaba, the Gemena Program Manager for World Vision, said that a total of 13 wells are planned over the 15- to 18-year duration of the Covenant Kids Congo project. Each of these deep water wells will provide water for 12,000 to 20,000 Gemena residents.<\/p>\n<p>Drilling the wells is no easy process, since the equipment needs to be imported from outside the country to a very remote area of Congo that you can only reach by boat or plane. But once clean water spouts from the ground, the impact is life-changing.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Clean Water and Childhood Health<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>When combined with sanitation and hygiene training, clean water has the power to dramatically reduce child mortality. Bernadette and Serge Jackson have seen how much healthier their kids are now that they have clean water. Before that, their children frequently got sick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were sick to their stomach,\u201d Bernadette said. \u201cThey\u2019d cry because they had pain in their stomach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Serge Jackson shared what a dramatic difference clean water has made to their children\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe children used to have more diarrhea and other intestinal things, and now it\u2019s been six months or longer and we haven\u2019t had a dispensary visit for our children at all,\u201d Serge Jackson said. \u201cOur whole neighborhood is very grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Serge Jackson&#8217;s daughter Sara shared that she no longer has back pain, because she doesn\u2019t have to carry a heavy jug of water uphill for a mile anymore. The jug weighs 40 pounds or more when full.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we had to go to the stream, our backs would hurt because you\u2019re walking and carrying water for a long time,\u201d Sara said. \u201cIt was painful. But now we don\u2019t have back problems and back pain anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>A Safer Environment for Families<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_3350\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/05\/Bernadette_carrying_water_congo.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[3344]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3350\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/05\/Bernadette_carrying_water_congo.jpg\" alt=\"Bernadette takes us down the path she used to walk to the dirty stream, as Sara follows.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/05\/Bernadette_carrying_water_congo.jpg 600w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/05\/Bernadette_carrying_water_congo-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-3350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bernadette takes us down the path she used to walk to the dirty stream, as her stepdaughter Sara follows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After talking to the family, the CKC team walked with Bernadette to the dirty stream where she used to collect water. There, we could see why Serge Jackson had told us earlier that he had feared for the safety of his wife and children when they walked to that distant stream. The paths were tight and secluded.<\/p>\n<p>Serge Jackson said that women and children faced the danger of sexual violence, as well as other attacks, like having your water jug stolen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very difficult to get water,\u201d Serge Jackson said. \u201cWomen used to have to go three or four together because of the dangers of getting water a long distance away. But now we\u2019re much more at ease because can just walk a few minutes to get water. It\u2019s much easier for us, and there\u2019s much less fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Serge Jackson thanked the local Congolese churches, World Vision, and CKC donors, who\u2019ve all partnered to build and maintain the water system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we have good health,\u201d he said. \u201cNow you can go and get water in five minutes. You walk there, get water, and come home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Hear Bernadette and Serge Jackson tell their family&#8217;s story on video.\u00a0Look for a new CKC WASH video coming out by early fall. 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