Transforming Lives Through Clean Water & Education

In a village where the search for water defines daily life, and where every drop must be earned through miles of walking, a new well will transform what’s possible. In Njikiekie , a rural village just outside Foumban in Cameroon, life is shaped by the constant need for water. Home to approximately 10,000 people, the community relies on subsistence farming, growing crops like tomatoes and carrots and raising local chickens. Yet the very resource needed to sustain both life and

Consumed by work, Devin Parent lived most of his life without being able to travel to Africa himself. His niece Devanne, however, went in 2013, and the stories she shared of the villages she visited and the people she met stayed with him. Grieving the loss of his brother, Devanne's father, Devin finally planned a 35-day trip to see Africa. He was excited to see Africa for himself and to honor both her journey and his own need for connection. Shortly after arriving in Cape Tow

The digging took days. Men and boys worked through the night, carving through earth by hand. No huge dirt movers or machines. No shortcuts. Just hope and the quiet knowing that water was there, waiting 24 feet below. The villagers had chosen this spot themselves, right in the town square. They knew. They had always known. And then… it happened. A shout rose from the well. The kind of shout that carries in the air. The kind that changes everything. Water. By the time the sun s