Bob Fuller on the right
Last December, a five-person team installed drinking water disinfection equipment in three hand-dug, open wells in Cameroon, Africa. I was the team’s technical volunteer.
The project included reinforced concrete pad construction, installation of two 1,000-liter tanks and required piping, and chlorine-generating disinfection equipment. Perhaps the most crucial element was educating women, who traditionally are responsible for bringing water to their homes, about the disinfection process and equipment operation.
I met the team in Chicago, and we all traveled together so we could become acquainted with each other as we flew to Cameroon. The team is working with the Moloko tribe as well as a pygmy tribe in the rain forest and a nomadic tribe that follows their cattle herds to the next feeding area.
Completing the project was quite satisfying to the team, who went home with the expectation of better health on the horizon for the people in these three villages, particularly the children.