On January 19, 2017, I visited the Mapanza chiefdom in Zambia once again to attend the borehole dedication ceremony for the completion of Well #1. It was amazing to think that it was only a few months ago that we had the banner ceremony filled with hope for access to clean, safe drinking water to the people of the Mapanza chiefdom. Having access to clean water is the major challenge in the Mapanza chiefdom, and women suffer the most in this situation because they have to travel long distances to collect water.

Although Zambia is suffering from a drought, when I visited, I was surprised to see greens and rainy weather. It was a new experience for me as we traveled by car and had incidents along the way where the car would get stuck on the mud, and our driver had to painstakingly try to get the tires unstuck.

I think pictures say more than words, so here are pictures from this time’s occasion: