Stories of Change

W/ro Tolesh is one of the residents of Bedesa village of Abo Yayebena Kebele in Jarso Woreda. She lives with her husband and six children. Her husband is the village leader and one of the water committee members who facilitated the construction of the...

Water, sanitation and hygiene-related diseases are one of the greatest challenges to health in Nkhotakota district, Malawi. The loss of working days due to sickness, the cost of medicine and untimely deaths can place both an emotional and an economic...

Access to Clean Water Renews a Community in Rural Malawi Sara Mhone believes that the newly constructed water point in her community changed her life. "Before this borehole was constructed we used to wake-up as early as 1 am in order to collect water...

We spent the last two days checking out the latrines that community members had built, and watching them show us how they wash their hands.Some of you reading this may wonder what the big deal is - but it is. Hand washing at critical moments – after...