{"id":3305,"date":"2016-03-16T16:06:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T16:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/?p=3305"},"modified":"2016-04-08T20:36:42","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T20:36:42","slug":"clean-water-spouts-in-the-city-of-gemena-drc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/covenantkidscongo\/clean-water-spouts-in-the-city-of-gemena-drc\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean Water Spouts in the City of Gemena, DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pete Ekstrand, Covenant missionary based in the DRC, takes us to the city of Gemena, where Covenant Kids Congo powered by World Vision is working with Congolese leaders to bring previously rare clean water to more and more people.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Animata<\/a><\/p>\n

Animata waiting for her jug to fill<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Animata used to have to walk almost two miles to get water for her family, and she would do this three times a day.<\/p>\n

Since the deep well water system in the Saza neighborhood has come online, she now only has to walk about 200 yards to get clean, safe water. It costs her 150 Congolese francs or about $0.16 for two 25-liter jugs of water. Her family uses four jugs per day.<\/p>\n

She told me that she wants to come here because the water is good and clean, not like the water she used to get from the stream nearly two miles\u00a0away.<\/p>\n

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Marie\u2019s story is similar. She too would walk nearly two miles to get water. Here you see her taking off with the 25-liter jug, which weighs about 55 lbs, for her house, while also carrying her toddler.<\/p>\n