Ever since LifeNets has been working in
Zambia starting in 2000, we had a desire to
sink a borehole at Nalubanda North in the
Mumbwa region of Zambia in order to provide
water for a remote community. But, we were
told that the water table was deep and the
ground hard. Other drilling efforts were
unsuccessful and we were told that it would
be an expensive proposition. The people who
live in Nalubanda North have to walk miles
for water and women and children spend a
great deal of time carrying large
containers, usually about five gallons on
their heads. Water is a precious commodity
and every drop is used.
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Celebrating the arrival of water
to Nalunbanda North, Zambia
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That was then. What is now is that a
LifeNets borehole has been successfully
drilled on July 22, 2012 to the joy of a
community of 100 people who will all
benefit. This outcome makes us at LifeNets
extremely happy.
Funding for this borehole was provided
providentially by the Russian-speaking
Emmanuel our Savior Christian Mission and
the Antonovich family of Portland, Oregon in
particular. Also, support came from the
Church of Christians of the Sabbath Day.
I was contacted by Mission Director Vasyl
Kutsyn several months back who told me that
their mission wished to help provide water
in Africa if we would be able to arrange for
it. They told us that they did this in
partial gratitude for other work that
LifeNets has done in Ukraine.
We decided to take the chance of seeing if
we could find water in Nalubanda North for
their very needy community that we had been
hoping to do for these years.
I'd like to pass along a few first-hand
reports and from Maxwell and Joyce
Kasakanbantu, the people on whose property
the borehole is found:
Nalubanda Basic School
PO Box 830030
Mumbwa, Zambia
The bore drillers came on Sunday 22nd July.
It took half of the day drilling and fitting
all parts. In exception of cementing and
fencing, which we are taking our part with
my neighbors now.
You are really making us happy in our area
here in Nalubanda North. Because of what you
have done for us is to provide one of the
necessities of life which is water. Water,
air and food are necessary for life.
May God bless you abundantly in your
leadership and in helping us and others
worldwide. This is because you are not only
preparing the way for us in Christ but even
for outsiders. Your sacrifice for us will
not go unpaid in this life and in the life
to come.
Maxwell Kasakabantu
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