TAKING CLEAN WATER TO THE UNREACHED
Every well we repair and every community we reach with clean water begins the same way: someone has to drill.
Today, that someone isn’t us.
Zoe depends on outside drilling companies to do this work, and too often they are unreliable. Projects stall while we wait. Schedules slip. And while we wait, families keep walking miles for water they can’t trust.
Hiring drillers is also extremely expensive. Every dollar spent on outside contractors is a dollar that could have gone to reaching another village.
And because we rely on others, our reach is limited. We can only go where a contractor is willing and available to go, which leaves the most remote, unreached areas of East Africa waiting the longest.
We go further.
With our own rig, we are no longer limited to where a contractor is willing to go. We can head into the unreached communities of Kenya and Uganda, the villages that have waited the longest because no one else would make the journey.
We spend half as much.
Owning our rig cuts our drilling costs in half. That means the same gift reaches twice as many people. Every dollar that once went to outside contractors goes back into bringing clean water to more families.
We build something that lasts.
Ziggy isn’t only a tool for our own projects. Other organizations will be able to hire Zoe to drill, and the income from that work will help sustain our water ministry for years to come. Instead of depending on donations alone to keep reaching new communities, we’ll be growing a ministry that can support itself.
ZOE MEANS LIFE
More communities with clean water.
Villages that have waited for years will finally have a safe source close to home.
More women farming.
When women no longer spend hours each day walking for water, they can plant, grow, and provide for their families.
More children in school.
Children who once carried water can sit in a classroom instead, and they can stay healthy enough to learn.
Less sickness
Water-borne disease is among the greatest threats to children in these communities. Clean water takes that threat away.
Stronger families.
When families have time, health, and food, they have room to thrive together.
More open doors for the gospel.
A well is often the first step in a relationship. It opens the way for conversations about the One who gives living water.
More churches planted.
Where the gospel takes root, communities of believers gather, and the church grows alongside the well.
Women in West Pokot who live without nearby clean water earn about 3,000 KES a month (roughly $23), because their days are spent walking for water. In communities with a well, that average risesto about 20,000 KES ($150), more than eight times as much.
A well changes a woman’s income, her children’s health, and her family’s future.
We can only drill so many wells with rented equipment.
Our goal:
$175,000 for Ziggy.
$160,000
Drilling Rig
$5,000
Tools, Bits & Parts
$10,000
Insurance for a Year
THE IMPACT
36
new wells drilled yearly
42,000
people reached with clean
water per year
Once Ziggy is running, our goal is to drill
3 wells every month, giving 3,500 people
access to clean water each month.
But Ziggy is about more than numbers.
It’s about water projects that last, built by
a team that owns its equipment, controls
its schedule, and can keep going long
after this campaign ends.
Together, we can fund Ziggy.
Ziggy will be funded by many hands. Choose the level that fits you, and know that every gift moves us closer to our goal of $175,000.
As part of our end-of-year 2026 campaign, It Takes a Village, all donations will be matched up to $100,000 by a generous donor, doubling the impact of your gift.
Our goal is to fully fund Ziggy by December 31, 2026.
$5,000 — Well Builder
Helps fund the tools, rig upgrades, drilling bits, and spare parts that keep the rig drilling.
$10,000 — Drilling Partner
Safeguards the rig for a full year. Your gift coversinsurance for the equipment and crew, so one break- down or accident never stops the drilling.
$25,000 — Founding Partner
Your name, or the name of someone you wish to honor, will be placed on the rig itself. As a founding partner, you make the entire campaign possible and leave a lasting mark on every well it drills.
