We made an urgent request in the April mailed newsletter…

and YLI donors showed up for Kassapoe in time for Easter!

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Here’s how it happened.

At the end of March, YLI Coach Oswin, traveled several hours to visit a remote village called Kassapoe, which is home for more than 1000 people.  What Oswin witnessed made his stomach turn. Children were fetching and drinking filthy yellow liquid from a small pond. We had already planned to drill a borehole with a hand pump in the community this month, but when Oswin saw the large population of Kassapoe, he became concerned that having only one source of clean water would create stress in the community.

The problem was that we only had funding for 12 water projects this season, and Kassapoe was number 12. Our water fund was empty. Also, the five month rainy season was bearing down upon us. Once it starts raining we are unable to drill until November when the ground dries up again.

If we were going to adequately solve the water need in Kassapoe we had to act very quickly. I just had this feeling that YLI donors would respond to the need, so I told the contractor to go ahead with the second borehole. That week we sent a newsletter asking for an additional $3500 and in a matter of days we received almost $4000 which allows us to pay our contractor. For the record, the contractor, David Baba Tiffu, knew we were moving forward on faith and he didn’t hesitate a bit. 

As our Coaches in West Africa say, “God is good, all the time…and all the time, God is good!”

Now it’s time for us to begin raising funds for the next water project season (Nov 2025 – Apr 2026). If you would like to make a gift you can visit our website, use the QR code below, or send us a check. 

Thank you, YLI donors, for coming through for Kassapoe!