The beginning of drilling brought hope to Amanuel
By Aklilu Kassaye
“We used to drink unclean water for years, which used to cause various kinds of water borne diseases. Our parents were incurring a lot of money to get us medicated. We had to quit school when we were sick but now thanks to world vision water drilling machine is drilling water for us and our hope of getting clean water is going to be realized. We are now very delighted,” happily explains Amanuel.
Two months ago, Amanuel was desperate because of the challenges of finding clean drinking water in his village. His health and school performance were affected due to unsafe water. His siblings and his parents were thoroughly affected by waterborne diseases. Due to the high frequency of the waterborne diseases, his parents’ income was suffering from medication expenses.
But Amanuel forgot all the suffering he has gone through when he first saw the World Vision drilling team begin drilling for clean water for his village.
“I think the launching of the drilling marks is the beginning of the end of our clean water suffering. I am delighted. I am excited so much. I do not know what to say, happily explains Amanuel.
Amanuel now has bright future. He says, “I will no longer get sick and miss class as before. I do hope that my school performance and my overall health status will improve very much. The money that my parents were expending for medicating myself and the entire family will be used for improving our life.”
Amanuel is not the only boy delighted in seeing the drilling machine drilling water in the village. All the village children were dancing, singing and expressing their joys around the drilling field as a way of saying thank you to World Vision.
Demekech Donoro, 12, is of the children dancing and singing out there. She was one of the victims of waterborne disease like the rest of the other children. She says, “I feel that my days of sickness from waterborne diseases have gone. I will no longer visit health centre for medication or miss class due to waterborne diseases. There is no time to waste here after. I will concentrate on my school and improve my school performance.”
Though it is a harvesting time right now at this village, almost all villagers did not go work on that day. They were there the entire day. “It the day where the first bullet is fired on our long year enemy: waterborne diseases. So I prefer to stay and celebrate the day with the rest of the other people than go for work,” happily explains Nurame Dunoro, an old woman with eight children, whom all have suffered from waterborne diseases.