Captain Transit has again acquired a new crew of mateys to meander through the land of a thousand hills. After a morning rain in Kigali, the crew was rustled together and rode North on the iron land-ship, spying some monkeys and other small critters along the way. The ride up was nostalgic in a way that made me appreciate more and more of what had been experienced less than 4 months ago.
After checking in with the hotel we switched land-ships and made our way up to Cyanika, recalling every pothole along the way. Upon our arrival at Munini the kids gathered around even before we got out, yelling "Christiano! Christiano!", remembering me probably in part to the obnoxiously long hair. Walking up and seeing our catchment systems full of water and being used after the many months of work felt incredible and our goal of providing water to a community in need had been accomplished.
We did have some work to do in the coming days after seeing the systems, but knowing they were catching rain and in working order put us in a great position for moving forward. The roof at Nyratoshu needed a little trimming, but we had also found out that it had filled all 20,000 liters of tank space in ONLY 3 DAYS. Gasebya needed a first flush replacement when we arrived but was quickly repaired, and we found after our departure of the last trip they created a very well constructed tap stand with drainage as well to keep the foundations sturdy. Returning to see that all the systems were intact and producing a continuous supply of water to the community started this trip off on a very positive note.
After checking in with the hotel we switched land-ships and made our way up to Cyanika, recalling every pothole along the way. Upon our arrival at Munini the kids gathered around even before we got out, yelling "Christiano! Christiano!", remembering me probably in part to the obnoxiously long hair. Walking up and seeing our catchment systems full of water and being used after the many months of work felt incredible and our goal of providing water to a community in need had been accomplished.
We did have some work to do in the coming days after seeing the systems, but knowing they were catching rain and in working order put us in a great position for moving forward. The roof at Nyratoshu needed a little trimming, but we had also found out that it had filled all 20,000 liters of tank space in ONLY 3 DAYS. Gasebya needed a first flush replacement when we arrived but was quickly repaired, and we found after our departure of the last trip they created a very well constructed tap stand with drainage as well to keep the foundations sturdy. Returning to see that all the systems were intact and producing a continuous supply of water to the community started this trip off on a very positive note.
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