Building

*most pics from building of wells witnessed last year. 

Beginning in August, the builders for Marion Medical Mission start training for building wells. They come together and build the training well. 

-Digging until they hit water and then 6 ft more so that there will be water even through the dry season. (We’re at the ‘end’ of dry season when we install so if there is water then, there should be water year round.) 

-Getting the stones for the bottom and making the bricks to line the inside of the well.

 -Cementing the rounds once they are some way up

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-Forming and pouring the concrete top slab that will cover the well. 

-Preparing the area for the apron and drain, flattening it and surrounding it with brick and stone to protect the concrete. 

And then they go out to the villages that have been picked to get wells this year. They are the skilled help to build their wells. 4,100 wells will be built this year. 

American volunteers arrived @ September 21 to begin driving to these villages, bringing the pipes and the pumps to finish the wells, to dedicate the well and teach proper use, to celebrate this blessing of clean water. 

Any amount small or large will help to fund this life giving gift. For $475 (an entire well) you will get a picture of the well and some of the villagers that you have sponsored. To donate go to mmmwater.org