Pululu Well Project

Chief Jean Pierre is a happy man after months and MONTHS AND MONTHS of planning
 and work Pululu Mbambu has a well.

Our first well was a smashing success; the people are very happy with the quantity and quality of the water.  Our site monitor Eric Kahunda is in the blue shirt.

Before the pump could be installed over the well, the heavy plastic hoses had to be inserted deep into the well.  During the pumping process, air is forced  to the bottom of the well in one hose and the water rises to the surface in the other hose.  A “lost well” is dug close by to collect the dirty water that inevitably spills when the bidons (plastic containers) are being filled.

Pululu Mbambu was a hand-drilled well project in which a piece of PVC pipe about 6 inches in diameter is forced into the ground.  Thus it is distinguished from the hand-dug process used in the Lubudi well project.  We have gathered to observe the installation of the first pump.