Waterwell for Lensenia to live and reforest

Lensenia is a village near Seria in the Falaba District.

It is dry and hot (around 99°F at midday) in a sparsly populated region.

In November 2024 there were fewer than 500 people living there.

There are few Christians in this area. Pastor Zecharia Conteh, from Kabala, has been evangelizing since 2010 (this is how Pastor Sheku Marah, a resident of Seria, converted to Christianity).

During a visit by evangelist Daniel Adentuji, pastor Sheku Marah, and Vladimir Tamara in November 2024, the Lensenia leaders repeated their desire to have a christian church and a second water well, as the current one is insufficient, especially during the dry season. The community donated a plot of land to Evangelist Daniel Adentuji, who has been evangelizing in Lensenia since April 2024.

We have a (not so recent) quote of US$8,200 from Alphonsi Barry for

  1. transporting heavy equipment and drilling the well,
  2. installing a concrete foundation,
  3. installing a hand pump, and
  4. training the community on water well maintenance.
We are waiting for a second quote from Robert Jawara (who lives in Seria), and we are seeking more quotes.

Meanwhile, we are raising funds for the water well with a goal of US$8,500 and inviting the Lensenia community to develop a reforestation project that they can implement once they have the water well.

Vladimir Tamara has volunteered to raise these funds under the voluntary supervision of the accounting from the Menonnite Church of Suba, Colombia; Hayat Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; Pastor Zechariah Conteh of Kabala; Pastor Sheku Marah of Seria; Evangelist Daniel Adentuji of Ghana and the Lensenia community.

For greater transparency, we keep the money raised in a crypto wallet where anyone can review that money is not taken away but just is being collected, as explained bellow.

Currently, we are using the following methods to raise funds:

  1. A fund at Hayat Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, managed by Bruce Heckman (please tell that your donation is for the waterwell in Lensenia, Sierra Leone).
  2. The EVM wallet with the address 0x9c7218a253d1565fc5f2149ba51f0f55f0f27f07 visible to all, with transactions specially in the AVAX and CELO blockchains and most of the funds in XAUT (pegged to the godl value) Vladimir Tamara manages it and won't withdraw the funds until there's enough to pay the company that will build the well. To donate funds in this wallet, please use any of the following methods:
    • A campaign on giveth.io that uses the same wallet address in several blockchains.
    • A Farcarster miniapp to collect donations that uses the same wallet address.
    • Send from your wallet or from an exchange like Binance to the wallet. For example the procedure to donate from Binance is presented in the following video: