Sedgley International Christian Ministries
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Friday December 31 2010
On behalf of ASB, I would like to express my sincere
appreciation for your assistance with the water project. As you may know we
experienced numerous difficulties, first with cashing of the cheque, furthermore
the borehole idea had to be discarded as there is no underground water in the
area where we are.
With the assistance of Ronas, we finally found water 400m
away in the valley. We bought a water engine that is able to pump water from the
valley and pipes to channel the water up the mountain which we then filled into
a 5000l tank. We have managed to buy two 5000l tanks and with time we hope to
obtain two more. Unfortunately the platform on which the tanks have to be
mounted could not be completed on time due to the rains which caused a halt in
the building works.
At the moment in the fields we have maize which depends on
rain water; when this has been harvested, we plan to plant beans and other
vegetables which depend on the water drawn from the valley. The vegetables will
supplement the food that is given to the children. The caregivers and the
children are involved in the planting and maintenance of the gardens which gives
them a sense of achievement and fulfillment, when it is time to harvest and they
can see the fruit of their labour.
Thank you again, may God richly bless you.
Kind regards,
Nomsa Lukhele
(Coordinator - Asondle Sive BoMake)
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