As it often said “water is life” and at such the need for clean and safe drinking water can’t be over emphasized.
To make this come to reality, the Christian Revival church Association, (CRCA), a body of evangelical, Baptist, indigenous churches championing rural church planting outreach and holistic community development in collaboration with Water of Life and Last wells have embarked on the provision of clean and safe drinking to rural communities in Lofa County western Liberia.
Lofa County with a population of over 250,000 inhabitants has many community dwellers without safe and clean drinking water especially during the rainy season when water-borne disease is widespread.
Preventing water-borne diseases
In an interview with Liberia Public Radio on Monday May 25, 2020 just before a team of Water well drillers departure for Lofa County, CRCA’s presiding Bishop Dennis T. Aggrey said as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to make life difficult for people across Liberia with Lofa County being no exception, it was necessary to provide safe drinking water for rural inhabitants.
The provision of safe and clean drinking water according to Bishop Aggrey will help alleviate some water-borne diseases that come along during rainy season in rural Liberia.
He further explained that about 20 towns and villages in Foyah, Kolahum will get at least one drilled well each with 300 dependents totaling 6,000 community dwellers.
“we’re leaving for Lofa county, we will be drilling water wells in Kolahum and Foya districts, we are hoping within the next two to three months we will be done with 20 water wells”, he said.
“We are in the rainy season now and if we don’t give the people good water, water-borne disease will even succeed COVID-19”, Bishop Dennis further explained.
Bishop Aggrey mentioned that unlike some people in Monrovia who have access to safe drinking water but many in the leeward counties cannot afford clean and safe drinking and at such his church and partners saw it fit to do so.
The cost of the project is Lofa County is estimated at over US$70,000.00.
CRCA in collaboration Last Wells have been providing water wells and hand pumps to citizens in rural Liberia for some years now.
According to UNICEF 2017 report less than 10% of Liberians have access to safely managed drinking water and sanitation services.
