"I believe that all people must have access to safe
and clean water, praise God my dreams come true,
here I am with MMM today."

Mr. Nyondo is the first born in a family of five children. He and his wife Constance were married March 2009 and he grew up in Blantyre and in the Karonga District, in the northern part of Malawi. His parents always encouraged him to get an education. He obtained a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Health in 2005 from the constituent college of the University of Malawi, the Polytech and has been working as a Field Officer with MMM since 2006. 

“I am a Christian member of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian. I always believe in God in any activity I do for I know it’s God who has made me who I am today. God has done a lot of things for me. For instance, I was selected to go to a University where I obtained my Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health, and from there I was able to get employed. All this is through the power of God.”

• Everybody needs safe and clean drinking water.
• Malawi’s rural communities face life-threatening water and sanitation problems.
• Working together with the villages, MMM provides safe drinking water to rural communities in partnership with Livingstonia Synod.

Since I believe that all people must have access to safe and clean drinking water, I thought of working with MMM so that I could belong to a team helping the rural community get access to potable water. Praise God my dreams come true, here I am with MMM today.

• Since August 2006, I have helped develop rural communities by providing them with safe drinking water from the shallow wells.
• I have installed more than 300 wells.
• I have assisted and monitored the Zone Management Teams (ZMTs) in their activities to maintain wells in their areas.
• I work hand in hand with ZMTs, taking care of the already existing water points as well as constructing the new wells.

The program is having good impact on the community. Through the safe and clean drinking water, there has been a reduction in waterborne diseases. Water related diseases are a leading cause of childhood morbidity worldwide and in the developing countries in particular. The MMM Shallow Well program has drastically reduced the number of cases.

Mr. Nyondo (third from left) with MMM
volunteer Jim Nussbaumer and Zone
management Team members.  Malawi, 2006

• Because of hardworking spirits of the Field Officers as well as MMM volunteers.
• Field Officers know how to work with the communities and are very much dedicated in helping the communities that are looking for safe drinking water.
• Field Officers achieve all this through the support and care of the MMM volunteers.

The program is very helpful to a lot of people in the rural areas; however, the program needs to be expanded and adjusted to any area where people have no place they can get safe and clean drinking water.

Future needs include:

• Yearly courses for village team members to ensure they efficiently carry out their activities, such as repairing and maintaining the wells in their area..
• Yearly surveys to verify the functionality of the wells.
• Refresher courses for FOs in community development.
• Continue raising funds for new wells and capacity building.

Send any donations for support and/or correspondence to Mr. Nyondo to:

Marion Medical Mission
1412 Shawnee Drive
Marion, IL 62959
618-997-5365
Tom@marionmedical.org
http://marionmedical.org