26 Jun 2018
Early in April, Loreto Rumbek were able to employ a drilling company to implement three new boreholes for the benefit of the local community. The Irish Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart have been working with the Loreto community in Rumbek since the summer of 2017, and it is with great joy that we receive this positive update from Maker Kuei.
Two of the new boreholes were placed in communities where local residents did not have easy access to an improved water point. The third borehole was placed next to the new Loreto Primary Health Care Unit facility, which is scheduled for completion in August of this year.
“South Sudan has a six-month dry season that can be extremely brutal to families that are already borderline or severely food insecure,” explains a spokesperson for Loreto Rumbek. “These new water points become a centralised point for community gardening, water collection, and sanitation – a lifeline for a community during the harsh realities of the dry season.”
Local resident Mary Akol describes just how much of a lifeline these water points are. “This new borehole is a blessing to me,” she says. “Even if I am late, I can get water. The children can pump water too. I plan to plant kudra, okra, and pumpkin.”
For the past year, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart have been working in partnership with Loreto Rumbek to bring hope to the people of Maker Kuei. We are proud to be able to support the Loreto Rumbek community in their ongoing work in South Sudan, and we extend our sincere thanks to our mission friends in Ireland and around the world for continuing to care.
For more news and updates from Loreto Rumbek, please visit their website.