The work in action
Why water access matters
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An introduction to the need for water in the communities we serve and the reason behind our water projects.
Transcript
Read in English
Automatically transcribed from the audio; may contain errors.
Good morning friend. My name is Jaime Dixon. We, the people from here, lived without water.
Before we lived very poor and we did not have anything. Thanks to them, they came and now
we have our own water. They continued with the clinic, with medicine. Thank you for the
water tank and the clean, healthy water that we are now drinking because before this,
There were many diseases from the water and many children suffered from fevers.
Before we drank dirty water, even water that smelled bad.
I would wake up and look for water with two big buckets in my bag.
I would haul water for me to cook because there was not a well close by.
I had to go really far. It was hard on my belly and I lost the baby and I was scared.
Read in Spanish · translation
Draft translation of the automatic transcript; may contain errors.
Buenos días, amigo. Me llamo Jaime Dixon. Nosotros, la gente de aquí, vivíamos sin agua.
Antes vivíamos en mucha pobreza y no teníamos nada. Gracias a ellos, que vinieron, ahora
tenemos nuestra propia agua. Continuaron con la clínica, con medicamentos. Gracias por el
tanque de agua y por el agua limpia y saludable que ahora bebemos, porque antes de esto
había muchas enfermedades por el agua y muchos niños sufrían de fiebre.
Antes bebíamos agua sucia, incluso agua que olía mal.
Me levantaba y salía a buscar agua con dos cubos grandes en mi bolsa.
Cargaba agua para cocinar porque no había un pozo cerca.
Tenía que ir muy lejos. Me afectó el vientre, perdí al bebé y tenía miedo.
