The well that changed Chilumba
How one borehole gave 300 people safe water and gave twelve-year-old Chikondi her mornings back.
Margaret taught English for 40 years. Since her husband died she had gone weeks without a real conversation.
The match
We matched her with Priya, a nursing student who calls every Tuesday and visits once a month.
She corrects my grammar and I fix her phone. It works.
Programmes like this cost about $85 per volunteer to run, and they change two lives at a time.
Written by
Grace Liu
Head of Fundraising. Grace visits our projects every year and writes most of our field updates.
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