Matching Grant #61570
Water Wells in Zambia

Rotary International organizes districts together in groups of 12 or 13 districts called a Zone.  Usually two neighboring zones meet together annually and hold training and informational sessions.  Six of the twenty-four Rotary District Governors of Zones 29 & 30 decided to work together in the 2006-2007 Rotary year to fund a project in Zambia with then Governor Patrick Coleman's district 9210. This project will fund the installation of   six water wells near grade schools in six villages of rural Zambia. 

The partner districts in this US $44,000 project are District 6060-eastern Missouri; District 6190 - Louisiana; District 6460 - western Illinois; District 6710 - western Kentucky; and District 6820 - Mississippi; all working together with the Rotary Club of Choma, Zambia and Rotary District 9210, which includes Malawi, parts of Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The rest of the funding came from The Rotary Foundation

The wells were installed in the Zambia villages of Chaambya, Mweebo, Mulwani, Siamabwe, Sikuyuba, and Tara.

 The drilling rig arrives in Sikuyuba in November 2007.

 The well is drilled

 A lot of clean-up is necessary before the water arrives.

 A completed well in the village of Tara.