Studio Photo

I came upon this interesting scene on Thursday while traveling upcountry with Help Channel Burundi to check out a future project site. Studio Photo. I can't overstate how remote this is- it's truly in the middle of nowhere. There were no houses in view and the nearest village was at least a few kilometres away. Awesome. 

What's also awesome is that the project site we were checking out is for the construction of a clean water source near one of the new HCB tree nurseries in Rutana Province, in the south of Burundi. At the moment, the entire village gathers water that bubbles up from a spring in the middle of a muddy marsh where everyone also grows their crops. The first time we visited the nursery, the first thing the people said was that they need clean water because their children are dying of intestinal diseases. What's more is that right above this area is the location of a newly constructed primary school that will host a few hundred students for the first time next week.