by Lexie Stallings | Jun 19, 2014 | Colony Development, People Water, Video, Volunteer, Walajabad, Wells
This Thursday’s Video is from June 2013 when Cody Barker from People Water came and partnered with us to India. He is now on his own as The Chief Water Giver and is partnering with us again for Session 5 this summer. If you have ever wanted to work...
by Lexie Stallings | Oct 15, 2013 | Colony Development, People Water, Video, Villivakkam, Walajabad, Wells
This summer, Cody Barker with People Water joined us in India to help fix hand pumps in the leprosy colonies of Walajabad, Villivakkam and Vandalur. Not only were we able to fix these three wells, overcome a lot of obstacles and weather but we were able to train...
by Lexie Stallings | Jun 16, 2013 | Colony Development, People Water, Villivakkam, Wells
Villivakkam is a colony that is located in a neighborhood in Chennai. This is a larger colony that usually hosts the meetings of the colony leaders from the surrounding areas. After fixing the well at Vandalur we went directly up to this well as we heard...
by Lexie Stallings | Jun 13, 2013 | Colony Development, People Water, Wells
This well started off as a scouting trip. We heard that they were having a well problem and when we showed up they had two hand pump wells. One was the governments well that was broken, and then there was this one. Another NGO had placed this well...
by Lexie Stallings | Jun 12, 2013 | Colony Development, People Water, Walajabad, Wells
The first well project with Rising Star Outreach and People Water was located in the leprosy colony of Walajabad. This is a small colony started in 1972 with a population of about 54 people, 12 of which have leprosy, leaving 42 others...
