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Latest news from Mwandoni, Kenya

Hi guys,

I hope all is going well.  Things in Kenya are pretty good. The drill is drilling perfectly.  We had a little setback today; on the well we are drilling in Mwandoni  we have been hampered by almost 5 days of rain that has put us behind schedule, but if we could test for water today we could keep my travel plans close.  

Unfortunately, when we did our pump test to see how fast the water will recharge the well it did not recharge fast enough for us.  

The main problem is that we have hit a clay layer that is so far, over 10 meters deep.  A normal and good clay layer is maybe 1 - 2 meters deep. The problem with clay is that water moves very slowly through it. So we had to regroup, lick our wounds and get back to drilling until we find that sweet water.  

I added a couple photos for your enjoyment, the last two, one is from a boy who makes his own soccer balls out of plastic sacks and string. I thought it to be very cool and it really works quite well.  The last shot was of my sunset tonight.  This is an untouched picture.  I had a huge falling sun perfectly behind this beautiful bowbau tree. By the way, I have sent that sunset to you it should be there in just a few more hours.

-John

Mwandoni is about an hour away from Mombasa, Kenya.

John is back in Kenya -- The latest photos of the Village Drill

The Village Drill Just dropped a well in at Midadoni primary school. This school has been using its school funds to buy water and the school has really suffered but with a donation from Vraiterre they will now have the only well in the area and will have plenty of water for themselves and will be able to sell the excess to the neighboring villages.

Is it even possible to imagine?

How many different cow parts can you identify in our beef pilau that we had for lunch?

Today was awesome!