In the wake of acquiring safe drinking water in rural communities in Liberia, Water of Life and the Christian Revival Church Association(CRCA) are constructing 17-hand pumps in several rural towns and villages in Lofa County.
Already, seven of the 17-hand pumps have been completed and turned over to four towns in Kolahun District, Lofa County.
The four towns are Bondowala,Lehuma, Boawohun and Kamatowhnu.
Two hand pumps each were constructed in Bondowala, Lehuma and Boawohun while Kamatowhun benefited from one.
According to Water of Life Country Director, Rev. Dennis Aggrey, the intervention is part of Water of Life, Christian Revival Church Association(CRCA) and Last Well strategic plan of providing safe drinking water to hard to reach rural communities to help stop the spread of water bond diseases amongst rural dwellers.
Rev. Aggrey said the provision of the hand pumps in Lofa County followed an assessment done by the three institutions in rural communitiess.
Rev. Aggrey said the assessment shows that rural communities especially hard to reach areas have been without safe drinking water , thus posing threats of potential outbreak of water bond diseases and other form of illnesses.
According to him, the project is jointly funded by Last Well, Water of Life and Christian Revival Church Association.
Speaking during program marking the turning over of the completed seven hand pumps to the four towns in Kolahun District, Rev. Aggrey said they have plans to extend the project to all parts of the Country before 2023.
Rev. Aggrey was accompanied by some Local Authorities of Lofa County in Kolahun District to witness and testify the truth nature of their intervention amidst the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Those that accompanied Rev. Aggrey are Kpehe Blama,Political Advisor to Lofa County Senator Steve Zargo, Faikpal K. Roberts,Project Planner- Lofa County, Abdullah K. Tulay,Commissioner Kolahun District, Francis S. Saysay, Lofa County WASH Coordinator.
Senator Zargo, Political Advisor, Kpehe Blama described the intervention of the three Organizations as a life saving initiative and urged the end users to properly take care of those facilities.
Mr. Blama noted that the use of safe drinking water in their town and villages depends on the way they will maintain the hand pumps given them by Water of Life,CRCA and Last well.
However, Lofa County WASH Coordinator Francis S. Saysay thanks Rev. Aggrey for the initiative and pledged his commitment in working with Water of Life,CRCA and Last Well to ensure the success of the project in the County.
Lofa County Project Planner Faikpal K. Roberts and Kolahun District Commissioner Abdullah K. Tulay,Commissioner Kolahun District described the provision of safe drinking water to the County as timely promising that their work will not go un-notice.
In separate remarks, beneficiaries of the project lauded Rev. Dennis for the provision of safe drinking water in their respective communities.
