Water

There are many beautiful things about this  place but there are some great needs as you might guess. The greatest need is water and power. I f Iwalk on the dirt road to the west of here or in any direction I will pass a house where the children are outside covered in dust. Their clothes are absolutely covered in dust. The older ones of course going to school are clean because their mother walked whatever distance to a stream and carried the water back to the house in a bucket for them to wash in the water that cows and other animals have waded in to drink and do other things. The ground here is bone dry except for the fields that the farmers are able to divert to the field. There is great competition for these small streams. One of the parishioners, Joseph, has to get up in the middle of the night to divert the water to his fields because his neighbor diverted his stream to the neighbors property. Some stream beds are constantly dry because of diversion. Fr. Priscus has a plan. His plan is to make a lake to store the water. He has already dug a hole which he will line with something like a swimming pool plastic liner to store the water from the stream. He is focused on improving the water situation to help the people. Enjoy your shower and supermarket food. Comprehensive water conservation is needed here.