Deep Tubal Well
When we give water, we give life. Not only do we help stop the spread of disease, but we also give children the opportunity to go to school, women the opportunity to care for their families or to work, and for communities to become healthier and stronger.
With the influx of close to one million refugees into Bangladesh, within a matter of months, we knew that access to clean drinking water would be vital to the survival of the Rohingya refugees. For this reason, we knew that building a well would be one of our top priorities. While visiting the camps, we also learned that many of the wells being dug were not going deep enough and as a result were providing contaminated water to those who drank from it. As such, our very first project was to build not only a well, but one that was deep enough, in order to ensure that the water that it provided would be safe for those who used it. The well was built in Kutupalong Camp, the largest of the Rohingya refugee camps, and brought water to 500 families.