Thank you so very much to everyone who donated money towards
getting a total of 14 (!!!!!!!!!) Hippo Rollers to our community! We already
have two of them that people have been using, and LOVING, since July! The other
12 are on their way and will go to the 12 families who gave the equivalent of about
$50 each to show us that they will take good care of their roller and that they
are invested in it. We were able, THANKS TO YOU, to raise enough money to
purchase 10 rollers and have them shipped. We used the $50 contributions from
each family to have two more purchased and shipped. As we have said, the water
system at our site is touch and go and often does not run for months at a time.
When it is not running everyone has to walk down to a nearby river in order to
fetch water. It is mostly the women and children that take care of this
difficult chore and, believe me, it is hard and IT SUCKS! With the Hippo Rollers,
we still go and fetch water at the river, BUT it is so much easier because we
can push or pull the roller to and from instead of carrying heavy buckets AND because
with the roller we only have to make one trip instead of a whole bunch!
Last week, I interviewed some of the people from our
community who are receiving rollers of their very own. The interviews are in
Bislama with translations below each one. And I am unsure of why I felt the need to say "Okay! Hello!" at the beginning of every video! :) Anyway, here is what they had to say….
CS: Okay, Hello! This is Emory, Mourine and their little girl,
Andorine. They are our neighbors and they teach at our school. I will ask them
one question…how does the hippo roller help you?
Emory: Okay, Thank you. I think the hippo roller came to
Ebenezer School and it helps us BIGWAN (so much!). At first we had to carry our
water in our hands and it was very hard work. You need to carry it and it was
heavy, but once the hippo roller came it helped and it wasn’t really hard work
because you just fill the water up inside and you push it and it is pretty
easy. So, when we don’t have water we have to carry the water a long way but we
are not as tired and it is easier to carry a big amount inside the hippo roller
and it helps us be able to use a lot of water. Okay, that’s it!! Thank you!
CS: Okay! Hello! This is the foreman for the construction of
our community hall and the handy man at our school. Okay, how has the hippo
roller helped you while you have been building our community hall?
Handy Man Robert: The hippo roller helps us with water. The
hippo roller has made big work with the big house because our water system has been
broken down, but with the help of the hippo roller we have been able to build
the house!
CS: Okay! Hello! These are our two brothers here at Ebenezer
School in Vanuatu. Our family is receiving a hippo roller, so you guys have
helped so much and they want to tell you something. Okay, you first Benonie…
Benonie: We want to say thank you to you all because the
hippo roller can help us so much!
CS: Okay, nice, Timanio…
Timanio: Thank you for this because the hippo roller can
help us so much!
Vicky: Okay, we use the hippo roller to carry water.
CS: Okay, how does it help you guys?
Vicky: It helps us so much because the water supply at
our school does not run good, so we go to fetch water down at the river and the
buckets are heavy and hold only a small amount of water so we must go back and
forth and make 3 or 4 trips. But, with the hippo roller it makes our life
easier. With the water in one roller we can wash clothes, rinse clothes and
bathe well so it makes life easier!
Again, thank you all! We love you!
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