Banko Well

The well in Banco that provides water to the children at the school as well as part of the
village. The well was hand-dug by locals, hired by Ji Duma. President of Ji Duma, Loriana
Dembélé, secured funding to build the well from a Catholic group in Rome, Italy.

 

The Well

 

Building the structure needed to hold the solar panels

 

Solar panels on the structure

 

Mounting the 1000 liter water tank on the structure to hold the water that is pumped from
the well by the 12Volt DC pump

Working on the pump installation

Working on the pump installation

 

Working on the pump installation

 

Lowering the pump in the well

 

Children in the village of Banco seeing running water for the first time because of the solar
powered pump we installed in the well

 

Kids enjoying running water in Banco

 

Running water

 

Running water