Stephen is a hardworking father of six in Katete, Zambia, whose large plot of land holds real promise — if only he had the means to properly irrigate it. Without an efficient irrigation system, Stephen spent hours every single day manually watering his vegetables with nothing but a watering can, a labor-intensive routine that left him exhausted and unable to cultivate more than a fraction of his land. That inefficiency didn’t just limit his harvest; it limited his ability to provide for his six children and to contribute to the wider community around him.
The Process
Our team saw an opportunity to turn Stephen’s untapped land into a genuine asset: a water pump that could irrigate his entire plot instead of the small patches he could reach by hand. Once the project was fully funded, our team purchased the pump and delivered it directly to his farm. The moment we arrived, we witnessed pure, unfiltered joy from a man who had spent countless hours each day battling the limits of a watering can — a reaction that spoke volumes about just how much this simple piece of equipment meant to him.
Stephen's story
The Results
Watch below as Stephen’s eyes fill with tears of gratitude, realizing that his backbreaking daily routine is about to change for good: no more exhausted evenings, no more watching entire sections of his land sit uncultivated for lack of water. With reliable irrigation, Stephen can now water his whole plot, dramatically increase his harvest, and feed his six children with abundance rather than scarcity — and because his land borders his neighbors’ gardens, the benefit of this pump will ripple out to the other farmers who share the same water source, strengthening food security for the wider community, not just his own household.
Stephen receives his water pump