Residents of Addokrom, a small agricultural community in Ghana’s Ashanti Region, now have access to clean water through a new mechanized borehole system donated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Prior to the installation, the community’s residents would walk daily to draw potable water from nearby streams and carry it back to their homes. From time to time, however, these same residents would come home empty handed, seeing as hot, dry weather would occasionally cause the streams to dry up.

Yet, aware of the church’s humanitarian efforts in surrounding areas, the community’s residents decided to approach the church for assistance. In response, the church provided a mechanized borehole system complete with a solar-powered pump and a 5,000-liter polytank for storing water,

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