What heroes look like

Heroes of the day - rescuing one of our vehicles from a very muddy road.

Batea, Royesville where we helped build/dig a 7m deep well. This 7m deep well had 6.5m of water in it last time we visited the village, so we were very happy!!

Batea, Royesville a 7m deep well was finished in July 2008. Note no pump on this well. The village is to small to be able to continually pay for the maintaince of a pump and so it was decided to just have a well and rope and bucket because this way the village will always have clean water and not cost them anything. Larger villages can usually afford the $10 US every year it costs to keep the pump in replacement parts.

Balomah Town, where we completed a 7.5m well and pump in June 2008.

Gboto Town in Royesville where we completed a 12.5m deep well in April 2008.

One of the rivers I have to drive through each day. I gets above the tires at the moment, but when rainy season really kicks in it'll be above the bonnet, easily.

Kate and I stuck

Poor 'Kate' and I stuck in the mud trying to move some concrete rings between villages one day. Next time theres a bridge made from trees across the road I'm driving on the trees, not trying to make my own route across through the woods!