Well, Well - It's a Bit of a Bore

In the West we tend to take water for granted. We turn on the tap and there it is, clean, healthy and fit to drink; but is is certainly not so in many parts of the world.

There is no shortage of water in the Philippines, it falls out of the sky on a fairly regular, albeit seasonal, basis  and most urban areas have a mains water supply that works most of the time; although sometimes the flow drops to a trickle or stops all together when there is a power cut at the pumping stations.

However the tap water is not entirely safe to drink. Even in urban areas it often falls short of accepted safety standards and around 4000 people die every year from drinking contaminated water. Consequently most people, who can afford to do so, opt to buy bottled, purified, drinking water  but it doesn't come cheaply.

When you have a house full of children you get through a lot of water. In the case of the House of Joshua it was costing over £100 a month just for drinking water, as well as tap water for laundry, cooking, washing, toilet flushing and the like. And not to mention watering the kid's vegetable patch!

Thanks to a couple of generous donations we have been delighted to fund a well boring project. The drilling team hit the water table at just over 50 feet but when down another 30 feet to ensure a reliable supply even in the dry season. It doesn't look much but fitted with an electric pump and storage tank, as well as a filtering system,  this well should provide all the clean, safe, water that the house needs at negligible cost.