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Moving Forward with IFA
A note from Lindy Larkin-Price new President of It’s For Africa
A note from Lindy Larkin-Price new President of It’s For Africa
As you are all aware, Pam Moore, the founder and president of It’s For Africa (IFA), recently passed away. I have been serving for the last several years as Vice-President of IFA working with Pam on her vision. The IFA Board of Directors recently met to determine the way forward with new leadership. As a result of the meeting, I have been designated as the new President of IFA with Dan Ferguson continuing to serve as IFA Secretary. In addition, two new members have been added to the Board of Directors. Our intent is to continue to keep IFA as a viable and productive nonprofit organization.
Since the founding of It’s For Africa, the mission has always been to help Ugandan communities walk out of poverty by addressing one of their greatest barriers: access to clean, sustainable water. Our deep water well projects are designed not just to provide water, but to promote self-reliance and ownership by involving villagers directly in the process and ensuring wells are sustainable long-term.
As we move forward, we are committed to continuing Pam Moore’s vision by expanding these efforts and deepening our impact. We will remain faithful to the principles that have defined the organization: using 100 % of donated funds for community projects, relying on volunteers who give their time and talents, and helping communities develop solutions that last.
With your support, we will keep bringing life-changing clean water, health resources, and dignity to families across Uganda — empowering them today and into the future.
Thank-you for your continued support and donations.
If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions please let me know.
Lindy Larkin-Price
President, It’s For Africa
Since the founding of It’s For Africa, the mission has always been to help Ugandan communities walk out of poverty by addressing one of their greatest barriers: access to clean, sustainable water. Our deep water well projects are designed not just to provide water, but to promote self-reliance and ownership by involving villagers directly in the process and ensuring wells are sustainable long-term.
As we move forward, we are committed to continuing Pam Moore’s vision by expanding these efforts and deepening our impact. We will remain faithful to the principles that have defined the organization: using 100 % of donated funds for community projects, relying on volunteers who give their time and talents, and helping communities develop solutions that last.
With your support, we will keep bringing life-changing clean water, health resources, and dignity to families across Uganda — empowering them today and into the future.
Thank-you for your continued support and donations.
If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions please let me know.
Lindy Larkin-Price
President, It’s For Africa
WE FOCUS ON THREE KEY AREAS:
“No people have ever overcome poverty without first solving their water problem: THE VILLAGE DRILL is our affordable solution. ”
CELESTIAL HANDS: Empowering women and girls in Uganda to create self-reliance for themselves and their families and instill the value of education.
REMEDY UGANDA: Providing access to quality, safe and continued professional health care services and information for the urban, peri-urban and rural communities.
credit: WHOLives.org.
6,000 children die EVERY DAY because of contaminated water. With your help we can change that!
Typical village drinking water in Uganda
A Gulu Uganda school girl drinking contaminated water.
Water Charity Work in Africa
The biggest hurdle the Ugandan people face is access to clean water. Without solving this basic need, no people has ever been able to climb out of poverty. Many different charities help provide shallow water wells in Uganda, but two problems remain: first, shallow water wells often dry up or become contaminated. Second, when people are gifted shallow water wells without the means to develop self-reliance and maintain those wells, their access to clean water is unsustainable. It’s For Africa provides a solution to these two problems with drilling Deep Water Wells in a way that promotes self reliance and allows the Ugandan villagers to take ownership of their wells.
Lucy would often miss weeks of school at a time because of diarrhea or cholora. She now has access to clean water which has eliminated these illnesses and allows her to attend school regularly. DEEP WATER WELL DRILLING HELPS BOYS AND GIRLS TO SPEND SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TIME IN SCHOOL.
Lucy would often miss weeks of school at a time because of diarrhea or cholora. She now has access to clean water which has eliminated these illnesses and allows her to attend school regularly. DEEP WATER WELL DRILLING HELPS BOYS AND GIRLS TO SPEND SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TIME IN SCHOOL.
The Village Drill:
The Affordable, Long-Term Solution
This innovative drill, designed in 2010 by graduate engineering students, is now used all over the world for drilling deep aquifer boreholes because it is simple, compact, efficient, and affordable. It is also easily transported in the back of a pick-up truck, and can be carried to villages that otherwise would not have access to a deep water drill. It can be assembled in an hour and can drill almost 300 feet, penetrating nearly all strata. This man-powered system can get the job done for a fraction of the cost of the big rig drillers.
Our Volunteers: Donating Time and Talent to Charity
In order to maximize the impact of the donations made to It’s For Africa, our team members volunteer their time and talents without receiving any compensation. In order to maximize the impact of the donations made to It’s For Africa, our team members volunteer their time and talents without receiving any compensation. Every penny of the donations to Its For Africa goes directly towards the cost of digging wells.
Please Donate Today
It’s for Africa has made a lasting impact on thousands of lives by providing water wells in Uganda, but there are still millions of people who suffer from the ongoing water crisis who need our help. Despite the hard work and dedication of many people in Uganda to escape poverty, the odds are stacked against them without access to this basic necessity. By working together with Ugandan villagers and donors like you, we have the potential to give the gift of life-essential clean water.