Beth J

💧 Clean water is flowing in Kaluluma Village, Malawi. Watch it burst from the ground. The Kaluluma Village well was drilled on October 13, and Father Petros reports plenty of water. When the borehole was cleaned out, water and mud shot up in a towering column beside the rig. The hand pump is in, and the concrete pad around it is drying. For the 750 residents of this community, and the rural hospital that serves them, that changes everything. Until now, Kaluluma drew its water from a dambo, a marshy hollow in open grassland. There was no pool, only a shallow hole scooped into the wet ground, barely wider than a washing basin. Residents crouched over it and lifted the water out a small dish at a time while others waited their turn. Livestock and wild animals shared the same source, cholera and other waterborne disease were a constant threat, and the same water reached the rural hospital where people go to be treated. That's over. The formal blessing with Father Petros is still to come, and we'll share it here when it happens. Kaluluma was funded by 13 donors. St. John Cantius Parish in the Archdiocese of Chicago gave nearly a third of the $5,500 well, and the Knights of Columbus gave too. Five of the 13 have been giving to this mission village after village: - J.P., who gave twice to Kaluluma alone, part of an astounding 53 donations across 23 different village wells. - B.J., whose $1,000 gift carried nearly a fifth of this well, now the ninth Water of Mercy village B.J. has helped fund. - S.M., whose 13 gifts to this mission now reach nine different village wells. - A.E., faithful from one village to the next, with 12 gifts across 12 different wells. - G.A., a loyal friend of this mission, whose generosity now reaches five Water of Mercy villages. That's 34 wells now flowing in Malawi. Thanks be to God and our wonderful donors! Thank you to @fr_petros for his tireless work on the ground in Malawi. 🙏 Read the full story → waterofmercy.com/blogs/news/… Help us fund the next village → 👉 Mpherembe Village → waterofmercy.com/products/mp… @fr_petros @SrZanga @SrNkhoma40444 @Evakk489336 @j_paschen @JlneJo @EdwardJonesNYC @Koppernicus @martay88_ @JeniferEri83011 @Ectobass @Kawen16 @smendesbrito @alejandros923 #WaterOfMercy #CleanWater #Catholic #Malawi #DivineMercy