As soon as we returned from Safari four of the staff headed back to the Good Hope Orphanage to make sure that everything was working well and fix any problems if necessary. As the system hadn’t been properly tested when we left on Monday we walked in not knowing quite what to expect; would the float switch actually turn off the pump? Would any of the pipes leak? Would the tanks fill up completely on the overcast days we’d been having? In the end we need not have worried as the sight that greeted us was as good as anything we could have hoped for. The staff and children all came out to greet us and shake hands as usual, only on this occasion several of the children had clean, wet hands. As we walked through we could see the courtyard full of clean washing hanging out to dry and the floor of the kitchen had just been washed down. Out the back we found a group of men digging the drainage ditch deeper and deeper, ready for filling with hard core in a few days.
The best news though was that everything seemed to be working properly and the sound of the water pouring steadily into the tanks was very sweet indeed.
. The changes in the living conditions for the children and surrounding community would appear to have met all our expectations and we all left feeling very happy and pleased with a job well done.
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