Volunteer To Build Wells In Africa

It will give you a deeper insight into how people overcome challenges like a lack of resources.

Volunteer to build wells in africa.

We have been building water wells in rural africa since 1996. Our water wells must meet these requirements. The benefits from a well outweigh the cost. There are many building volunteer opportunities in eastern africa for example where the percentage of the population with access to improved sanitation for some countries is below 20.

It s a difficult question to answer though because africa is a continent with wildly diverse geology and the water wells needed in each come in many varieties. Every day in rural communities and poor urban centers throughout sub saharan africa hundreds of millions of people suffer from a lack of access to clean safe water. Become a construction volunteer in cusco and assist in the building or repair of community centers playgrounds and classrooms for schools orphanages and rural villages. We believe clean water is the first step out of poverty and that those without any should have it first.

There are lots of ways to drill them and one size simply doesn t fit all. While the cost of wells in africa varies by location on average the positive impact that a well has on people s lives outweighs the building cost as well as helping to improve living conditions wells also create positive economic responses. Through sparkly and smart a fresh collection of whimsical water color illustrations my daughter sofie has been raising funds directly selling her artwork to fund well building through this organization. Use your building volunteer experience in africa to enhance your resume gain hands on experience and network with volunteers from across the globe.

Building projects in africa are focused on building basic infrastructures that provide improved housing sanitation conditions and access to schools. Water wells for africa exemplifies that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. This is a physically demanding role that includes digging removing dirt carrying bricks mixing cemen. Tech is great but if a villager needs to order a part from germany to fix a broken well it just won t happen.

We get asked a lot about the cost to dig a well in africa. Report criticises donors governments and ngos for installing boreholes and wells in rural africa without ensuring their long term sustainability annie kelly thu 26 mar 2009 09 15 edt.