-Church Donates Water Boreholes To the People Of Gambia
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, partnered with the first lady of Gambia to donate 18 new water boreholes in the country.
The church worked alongside the first lady’s foundation to identify the communities that were in need of the new boreholes and get it installed for them.
Elder S. Gifford Nielsen, General Authority Seventy and president of the Church’s Africa West Area, participated in three ribbon-cutting ceremonies with first lady Fatoumata Bah Barrow in Bonsa, Giboro Gidda and Kubariko villages on Aug. 18.
“Water is life,” said Elder Nielsen to the villagers in Kubariko. “No longer will members of your community need to walk kilometers to fetch water that is often contaminated. No longer will your children miss school to help their families get the water they need for drinking, cooking, and washing. And no longer will you need to worry about the waterborne diseases associated with contaminated water.”
Speaking on the first lady’s partnership with the church to get the massive achievement done, the governor of Gambia’s West Coast Region, Ousman Bojang said;
“This is not an accident that these things are done,” he said. “The generosity of the Church and the vision of the first lady and her foundation made this possible. Because of them you know that Kubariko is not forgotten”
SEE ALSO: Pakistani Christians Hold Sunday Services In Churches Desecrated By Mob
The Church has also trained some of its villagers on how to install and fix the boreholes incase it develops any fault.
See photos below:
Church Donates Water Boreholes
