FIELD REPORT
How Clean Water Restored Dignity to 1,200 Families in Garissa
Oct 15, 2026•4 min read•By REHMAT GLOBAL Field Team
“Before the solar-powered well was drilled, mothers and young girls walked four miles daily under blistering heat. Today, pure mountain-fed water flows right outside their village gate.”
Access to clean water is not merely a convenience; it is the cornerstone of life, hygiene, health, and human dignity.
In Garissa's dry interior plains, prolonged seasonal drought had dried up traditional stream beds. Women and children bore the brunt of this hardship, walking up to four grueling miles twice each day to collect stagnant water from shallow dugouts. Children frequently fell ill with waterborne infections, causing school absenteeism to skyrocket.
Through the generous support of our global donors, REHMAT GLOBAL dispatched technical surveying teams and contracted deep drilling specialists. After tapping a stable aquifer at a depth of 140 meters, our engineers installed a heavy-duty submersible solar pumping unit paired with elevated high-density storage tanks.
Today, eight distribution taps serve over 1,200 local residents and neighboring nomadic pastoralists. "Our daughters are back in classroom desks instead of carrying heavy jerrycans on their heads," shared Fatima, a community elder. "This well has brought life back to our village."