The Adventure Project

We want you to meet 30 of of the amazing water-well mechanics you helped to sponsor last year on World Water Day. Here’s Well Mechanic #29!

If you’d like to help us bring water-well mechanics to Africa, check out our campaign page and get involved, here: http://www.stayclassy.org/events/help-bring-water-well-mechanics-to-africa-waterworks/e23733

Meet: Tapan!
Where he works: Burul
Number of wells he maintains: 60
Family Status: Married with 1 daughter
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: Farmer
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: To support his family, and to make sure everyone has clean water.

We want you to meet 30 of of the amazing water-well mechanics you helped to sponsor last year on World Water Day. Here’s Well Mechanic #27!

If you’d like to help us bring water-well mechanics to Africa, check out our campaign page and get involved, here: http://www.stayclassy.org/events/help-bring-water-well-mechanics-to-africa-waterworks/e23733

Meet: Subhasis!
Where he works: Sri Sri Ramakrishna
Number of wells he maintains: 42
Family Status: Not married
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: Tutor to students
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: He wants to have a steady job with a reliable source of income, and to learn how to build and install new, efficient handpumps to even more communities!

We want you to meet 30 of of the amazing water-well mechanics you helped to sponsor last year on World Water Day. Here’s Well Mechanic #26!

If you’d like to help us bring water-well mechanics to Africa, check out our campaign page and get involved, here: http://www.stayclassy.org/events/help-bring-water-well-mechanics-to-africa-waterworks/e23733

Meet: Arup!
Where he works: Surjanagar
Number of wells he maintains: 46
Family Status: Not married
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: Student
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: To start his own business, and to open up his own repair shop.

We want you to meet 30 of of the amazing water-well mechanics you helped to sponsor last year on World Water Day. Here’s Well Mechanic #25!

If you’d like to help us bring water-well mechanics to Africa, check out our campaign page and get involved, here: http://www.stayclassy.org/events/help-bring-water-well-mechanics-to-africa-waterworks/e23733

Meet: Parimal!
Where he works: Rishi Bankim Chandra
Number of wells he maintains: 47
Family Status: Not married
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: Some part-time agriculture work.
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: For a a steady job and a bigger source of income.

We want you to meet 30 of of the amazing water-well mechanics you helped to sponsor last year on World Water Day. Here’s Well Mechanic #24!

If you’d like to help us bring water-well mechanics to Africa, check out our campaign page and get involved, here: http://www.stayclassy.org/events/help-bring-water-well-mechanics-to-africa-waterworks/e23733

Meet: Manotosh!
Where he works: Swami Vivekananda
Number of wells he maintains: 52
Family Status: Unmarried
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: Part-time work doing some farming
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: A better job!

We want you to meet 30 of of the amazing water-well mechanics you helped to sponsor last year on World Water Day. Here’s Well Mechanic #23!

If you’d like to help us bring water-well mechanics to Africa, check out our campaign page and get involved, here: http://www.stayclassy.org/events/help-bring-water-well-mechanics-to-africa-waterworks/e23733

Meet: Sujan!
Where he works: Swami Vivekananda
Number of wells he maintains: 43
Family Status: Married with a 1-year-old daughter
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: Day laborer
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: To find a better, secure source of income to support his family.

Happy Saturday!

We want you to meet 30 of of the amazing water-well mechanics you helped to sponsor last year on World Water Day. Here’s Well Mechanic #22!

If you’d like to help us bring water-well mechanics to Africa, check out our campaign page and get involved, here: http://www.stayclassy.org/events/help-bring-water-well-mechanics-to-africa-waterworks/e23733

Meet: Manirul!
Where he works: Rabindra
Number of wells he maintains: 54
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: He had some experience with repairing broken wells, but needed more training.
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: He wanted a secure source of income, and his government (Panchayat) guarantees that. His goal is to become a big water contractor!

We want you to meet 30 of of the amazing water-well mechanics you helped to sponsor last year on World Water Day. Here’s Well Mechanic #20!

If you’d like to help us bring water-well mechanics to Africa, check out our campaign page and get involved, here: http://www.stayclassy.org/events/help-bring-water-well-mechanics-to-africa-waterworks/e23733

Meet: Kumal!
Where he works: Pratapaditya
Number of wells he maintains: 75
Family status: Married with 1 boy
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: Farmer and tutor
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: Becoming a Jalabandhu means you have to learn a lot of technical skills, he loves to learn! He is eager to earn more income and to serve even more people in his community!

We want you to meet 30 of of the amazing water-well mechanics you helped to sponsor last year on World Water Day. Here’s Well Mechanic #19!

If you’d like to help us bring water-well mechanics to Africa, check out our campaign page and get involved, here: http://www.stayclassy.org/events/help-bring-water-well-mechanics-to-africa-waterworks/e23733

Meet: Ardhendu!
Where he works: Srinagar
Number of wells he maintains: 40
Family status: Unmarried
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: Student
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: I enjoy working with water and people in the community! I want to earn more and establish myself as a leader.

We want you to meet 30 of of the amazing water-well mechanics you helped to sponsor last year on World Water Day. Here’s Well Mechanic #18!

If you’d like to help us bring water-well mechanics to Africa, check out our campaign page and get involved, here: http://www.stayclassy.org/events/help-bring-water-well-mechanics-to-africa-waterworks/e23733

Meet: Pranab!
Where he works: Kakdwip
Number of wells he maintains: 48
Family status: Unmarried
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: Did some farming
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: I want to establish myself as a successful and renowned Jalabandhu so that I can expand my business!

We want you to meet 30 of of the amazing water-well mechanics you helped to sponsor last year on World Water Day. Here’s Well Mechanic #17!

If you’d like to help us bring water-well mechanics to Africa, check out our campaign page and get involved, here: http://www.stayclassy.org/events/help-bring-water-well-mechanics-to-africa-waterworks/e23733

Meet: Sunirmal!
Where he works: Madhusudanpur
Number of wells he maintains: 60
Family status: Married with one boy and one girl
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: He had worked with NGOs before and felt passionately about their work.
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: Being a Jalabandhu means you’re providing a crucial service to the community. Our local government has been very supportive of the Jalabandhu program, and is proud that I can reduce breakdown periods and make water available to people throughout the day.

We want you to meet 30 of of the amazing water-well mechanics you helped to sponsor last year on World Water Day. Here’s Well Mechanic #16!

If you’d like to help us bring water-well mechanics to Africa, check out our campaign page and get involved, here: http://www.stayclassy.org/events/help-bring-water-well-mechanics-to-africa-waterworks/e23733

Meet: Surajit!
Where he works: Gram Panchayat, Chakmanik
Number of wells he maintains: 28
Family status: Unmarried
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: Electrician
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: The name Jalabandhu attracted him to the job, “friends of water.” All of the wells in his area are broken, his goal is to fix all of them.

We want you to meet 30 of of the amazing water-well mechanics you helped to sponsor last year on World Water Day. Here’s Well Mechanic #14!

Meet: Bablu
Where he works: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Number of wells he maintains: 49, 10 he’s got up and running so far
Family status: 2 daughters!
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: Because water is life. I want to serve people.

If you’d like to help us bring water-well mechanics to Africa, check out our campaign page and get involved, here: http://www.stayclassy.org/events/help-bring-water-well-mechanics-to-africa-waterworks/e23733

We want you to meet 30 of of the amazing water-well mechanics you helped to sponsor last year on World Water Day. Here’s Well Mechanic #12!

Meet: Tapas!
Where he works: Kashipur, Uttarakhand
Number of wells he maintains: 65
Family status: Not married
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: Farmer, but it wasn’t steady income
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: He wants to help people and to be recognized in his community as a leader, and to build a business.

If you’d like to help us bring water-well mechanics to Africa, check out our campaign page and get involved, here: http://www.stayclassy.org/events/help-bring-water-well-mechanics-to-africa-waterworks/e23733

We want you to meet 30 of of the amazing water-well mechanics you helped to sponsor last year on World Water Day. Here’s Well Mechanic #11!

Meet: Suehashish!
Where he works: Ramgopalpur, West Bengal
Number of wells he maintains: 37
Family status: Married, but no children
Job before becoming a Well Mechanic: Farmer and did some eletrical repairs, but it didn’t provide enough steady income.
Why he decided to become a Well Mechanic: He likes being recognized as a well mechanic, that he is someone the community can depend on. It’s also a source of financial income.

If you’d like to help us bring water-well mechanics to Africa, check out our campaign page and get involved, here: http://www.stayclassy.org/events/help-bring-water-well-mechanics-to-africa-waterworks/e23733