Water for the children of Mahashe Secondary School

Mahashe Secondary School is not a new school to be identified. Mahashe has sadly been one of the only ASoH projects to not have been successful to date. Here is what our project manager at the time, Brendon had to say.” I think we should drill there again if we can as I think they are a school that would do very well with water and would flourish. I have always wanted to  drill there again. I am sure we can find water there. We did get water last time, but the hole was too full of clay to use and the drill equipment got stuck in the hole because of it collapsing. If we can find another spot, it will work.” We have found an excellent spot and our driller has also endorsed this new location. A Spring of Hope has had to drill twice in a few locations. It is not unusual for this to happen. In the case of Mahashe funding was not available to drill at a second location. We are hoping now that we can raise the necessary funding.

However, Mahashe Secondary School is forging ahead and doing their best despite the hard circumstances forced upon them. With neat and tidy school grounds, and passionate educators, the water issue is a topical one at the school – and they have high hopes of expanding their vegetable garden should they receive sustainable access to water. Their garden is layed out, and fertilized but because there is not permanent access to water, they are not always able to water the garden sufficiently to provide and grow vegetables to feed all their students.

Our visit to Mahashe in July 2013 showed they are still in desperate need of intervention.

We are thrilled to report that with the help of Rotary Fort Lauderdale, GlobalGiving donors and many others we were able to drill this summer at Mahashe Secondary School.  The learners are excited to start their gardening projects.  Thank you so much to all who helped this dream come true!

Links:

• Mahashe hitting water!