Cistern Repairs

After the earthquake 2021 most if not all of the cisterns throughout Pestel cracked, making them ineffective at collecting water.  Under the management of KPA, we assisted with rebuilding and/or repairing 25 cisterns.  The photos below show Before/After.  

Pestel is a severely water deprived area.  Under normal circumstances people in Pestel will walk > 30 minutes one-way to obtain water.   After the 2021 earthquake water scarcity dramatically worsened.  We anticipate building and repairing more cisterns in 2023.  

A broken cistern from 2021 earthquake that no longer held water. 

Working to rebuild a cistern

Madam Montante, 42 years old and mother of 6 children with a Before/After of her cistern:

Christmas Video 2022

 It has been years since I posted here, but I decided to revisit the blog because I find it to be a great place to post updates as they come in, and to keep a record so I can look back over it.  So onward!

On Christmas Day I received this lovely video from Nelson in Pestel.  This was one of the best Christmas presents I experienced because throughout 2022 I heard so often about the struggles with starvation throughout the region.  With global inflation and gang violence, costs in Pestel skyrocketed.  A gallon of fuel cost about $40USD, for example.  TVI sent additional funding to support work that Nelson wanted to do for the people around his village, and this video shows us a group of children receiving a Christmas meal.  Notice the tarps--these were sent out to Pestel soon after the terrible earthquake of 2021.  

The male voice you hear is Nelson!