The Bayaka tribe in Central African Republic first tried to dig a well to have access to clean drinking water 16 years ago. They did not have any tools but their hands. When they reached just 50 feet, the diggers ran out of oxygen, so the tribe had to force air down to hole so that they can breathe. However, they had to stop at 90 feet.
When Jim Hocking of ICDI returned to the Bayaka tribe several years later, he was not able to reach groundwater source even with his drill and gave up at 500 feet. Geologists today predict that water exist some where between 500 and 900 feet in the ground.
On September 7, 2010 charity: water is hosting a web cam led Live Drill event to try to drill down up to 900 feet. After 16 years of trying, we're going to finally make it happen. We're going to drill the first well with funds raised from the September campaign to bring the first clean water source to the Bayaka tribe.
Join us for the Live Drill event online at:
http://www.ustream.tv/charitywater
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