{"id":20925,"date":"2025-03-16T22:49:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T02:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=20925"},"modified":"2025-03-16T23:43:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T03:43:01","slug":"tallahasseans-are-helping-to-dig-a-water-well-in-a-kenyan-village","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/tallahasseans-are-helping-to-dig-a-water-well-in-a-kenyan-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahasseans are helping to dig a water well in a Kenyan village"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-20925-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2025\/03\/kenyawaterproject0316ss.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2025\/03\/kenyawaterproject0316ss.mp3\">https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2025\/03\/kenyawaterproject0316ss.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Tallahasseans at Element 3 Church Saturday night helped dig a water well in Kenya. If you\u2019re wondering how exactly that worked, WFSU has your answer.<\/p>\n<p>Local singer Avis Berry, who has ties to the village where the well is being dug, gave a benefit concert for the project.<\/p>\n<p>Amon Rwito, an elementary school teacher, is Berry\u2019s husband. His elderly parents live in the village, and Rwito says his son got sick after taking a shower there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The need is great,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I grew up there. What I can say is, the water &#8212; I don\u2019t remember drinking water with my eyes open. Because the water is so dirty, you cannot drink water with your eyes open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, he and Berry decided to find a way to cover the cost of digging a well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hired two local gentlemen, and with their bare hands, they dug 75 feet down,&#8221; said Rwito. &#8220;It took them four months and they reached water. So, when we got the water, then I was, like, \u2018Yes, my parents have clean water, but my neighbors will not have any water.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So they raised the money for a tank that could hold water for 11 homes with multiple families. When the drought came, though, that wasn\u2019t enough. Now, they\u2019re raising money for machinery to dig 600 feet &#8212; enough to reach a stable water source.<\/p>\n<p>Rwito says he\u2019s overwhelmed by the kindness Tallahasseans have shown his village.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have never been to this village to see the need for water which is there,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So, for the people here to be so connected, so caring and generous enough to feel that they want to help &#8212; I am beyond grateful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Kenya Water Project hopes to raise the funds for the machinery, pipes and tanks to drill the well and store the water for the villagers\u2019 use. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2025 WFSU<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20926,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[1136,1135],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tallahasseans are helping to dig a water well in a Kenyan village - 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