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The most important aspect in developing a school or community is to ensure that safe, clean drinking water is readily available.

Without this no real progress can be made. The Butterfly Tree has funded 44 boreholes for the following schools and communities:

49 schools: Mukuni, Kamwi, N’gandu, Kapatapazi, Siamasimbi, Libala, Sibbulo, Malima, Chuunga, Kauwe, Nampuyani, Muchimbale, Malima, Bunsanga, Siachikubi, Sinsimuku, Riverview, Kazungula Boarding, Nguba, Kamusiku, Mayala, Muyunda, Mayoba, Zalu, Nakawa, Malimba, Chilaba, Mubuyu, Chilebe, Manga, Simukombo, Malombe, Katubya, James Siatchema, Muule, Luuwe, Service Centre, Mabwa, Mulindi, Kanono, Mapepe, Simukumbwa, Nakatele, Masuma Muyumu, Maila Male, Njezyi, Gombe, Bbombe Lyangoma, Siamuya, Sianjangulu and Siamasunse.

31 communities: Mukuni (6) Chise, Kafekwa, Mukamba, Mukalahani, Senkobo (2), Siamkoma, Siazibola, Chikwama, Hamoomba, Malongalonga, Mahalulu, Muyunda, Kasiya, Siamunya, Mukamba, Siapenga, Siamkoma, Chikwama, Kasiya, Milangu, Muuba, Simapunga and Zalu.

8 health posts: Mahalulu, Bunsanga, Katondo, Boombwe, Mabwa, Bunsanga, Ndele, Katanda

Girl collecting water from an unprotected waterhole

COLLECTING WATER FROM A STAGNANT POOL – CHISE VILLAGE

Children fetching water at a village well

BOREHOLE INSTALLED – CHISE VILLAGE 2007

Children beside a muddy pond used as a water source

STAGNANT STREAM USED FOR DRINKING WATER AND WASHING CLOTHES

Children fetching water at a village well

BOREHOLE INSTALLED KAMWI SCHOOL – 2010

Children gathered around a new borehole pump

BOREHOLE INSTALLED CHUUNGA SCHOOL – 2012

Boys celebrating beside a new hand pump

BOREHOLE INSTALLED AT SIBBULO SCHOOL – 2012

Pupils pumping water from a new school borehole

BOREHOLE FOR KAUWE SCHOOL – 2013

Crowd gathered at a newly installed borehole

BOREHOLE INSTALLED AT MUCHAMBILA SCHOOL – 2013

Children waiting their turn at a hand pump

BOREHOLE FOR NAMPUYANI SCHOOL – 2014

Pupils crowding around a borehole at their school

FRESH DRINKING WATER FOR BUNSANGA SCHOOL – 2015

Villagers celebrating the opening of a new borehole

BORE HOLE AND HANDPUMP FOR SINSIMUKU SCHOOL – 2015

Pupils in blue uniforms cheering for their new borehole

1,500 RIVER VIEW PUPILS HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE WATER – 2016

Children and adults using a new hand pump

NGUBA SCHOOL’S 900 PUPILS HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE WATER – 2016

Villagers with water containers at a borehole in the bush

NEW BORE HOLE AND PUMP – MAYALA SCHOOL 2016

Solar-powered water tower with a storage tank

WATER RETICULATION SYSTEM FOR N’GANDU’S VILLAGE AND 560 SCHOOL PUPILS 2016

Pupils collecting water at a new school borehole

NAKAWA PRE-SCHOOL HAVE A NEW BOREHOLE 2018

Drilling team working on a borehole

DRILLING A BOREHOLE – MUYUNDA SCHOOL – 2018

Drilling truck at work as villagers look on

DRILLING A BOREHOLE – ZALU SCHOOL – 2018

Concrete apron around a newly installed borehole

BOREHOLE AND HANDPUMP – MAYOBA SCHOOL – 2018

Drilling rig set up beside a school

WATER FOUND AT 65 METRES FOR MUKALAHANI COMMUNITY – 2018

Pupils gathered around a hand pump

BOREHOLE AND HANDPUMP FOR SENKOBO COMMUNITY – 2019

Borehole drilling rig at work in rural Zambia

SUCCESSFUL DRILL FOR SIAMUKOMA COMMUNITY – 2019

Drilling rig at a borehole site with villagers watching

CHIKWAMA COMMUNITY BOREHOLE DRILLING – 2020

Children collecting water from a shallow well

HANDPUMP CHIKWAMBA COMMUNITY – 2020

Borehole drilling truck on site

SUCCESSFUL DRILL FOR MUSOKOTWANE SETTLEMENT – 2020

Dust rising as a drilling truck bores for water

BOREHOLE DRILLING FOR KATONDO HEALTH POST – 2021

Blue drilling truck and rig under a clear sky