Searching the Forest for Puddles to Drink

7-year-old Waspada (Wah-SPA-dah) lives with his mom, who is a widow, in a remote village in Indonesia.  He told us it’s hard for them to find water to drink.  “We usually collect rainwater in buckets,” he said.”That water usually lasted for three days. After that, Mom and I go to the forest to look for puddles to get water.” 

Even at age 7, Waspada knew they had no choice but to drink the bad water.  “The water from the forest was murky and had a bad smell. It gave me stomachaches and also made my skin itchy when I took a bath.”  

Budima, his mom, said collecting water in the woods is difficult, and finding water in dry season was even harder. “I often said, providing food my son is hard. But adding hours a day to collect dirty water from the forest was totally exhausting.” 

Then thanks to YOU, Operation Blessing installed a Water Harvesting System for Waspada and his Mom.  Rainwater is collected and treated in a 500-gallon tank.  That makes it safe for drinking, bathing and cooking.  Operation Blessing also gave 33 other families in the village their own water harvesting systems too!  

“I was so happy when Operation Blessing provided clean water for everyone,” said Budima. 

Waspada said he’s glad he now has a place to get a cold drink of water next to his home. “Now we no longer drink dirty water. The water is clean and refreshing!” 

“Thank you to all the people who blessed us with this clean water,” added Budima. I want to thank Operation Blessing and all the people who help gave us clean water. May God bless you.”

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