Water to Flow into eSibonisweni

It's been a long time coming, but the water-pump project is finally nearing completion at the school. Khayalihle, assistant to the administrators, writes, "We are about to finish our project to get water from underground. I feel great because that will be the end of water crisis in our school. We will be able to water and mantain our soccer field and water the garden."

Maintenance of the soccer field and garden were of real concern due to the extreme lack of water pressure on campus, and our intern Zack last spring spent a lot of time puzzling out how to fix the situation. As the pictures show, the garden was thriving during our visit, but its health was due to the labor of teachers and community members who filled buckets and carried them throughout to water it. During our visit, one group worked hard to devise a drip-irrigation system that several of the older boys at the school helped to install.

Khaya also reports that he, administrator Simon Gumede, teacher Bongani, and a new teacher named Miss Nsele are now responsible for maintaining the garden.

 

That's Simon Gumede on the right, an administrator at eSibonisweni
and one of the caretakers of the garden