Habakkuk's Well

Bringing Hope and Life to a Village with Nothing.

A Brief Profile of Kpeletayama Village

From Pastor Peter Flomo, son of the village

Kpeletayama is a village in Suakoko District, Bong County, Liberia. It contains about nine huts. This village is surrounded by over ten villages with similar conditions. It is a 'village with nothing'. With the population put together, 500 persons from the town will benefit while those from the surrounding areas will also benefit from this potable water.

The people in this village are simply "existing" while others are living. They are without basic life necessities.Your help is a LIGHT IN DARKNESS. This village could be the "Nazareth of Liberia" where no one expects any good thing. For those with hearts for humanity, I invite your investment in this village and your dividend will be one of eternity.

Please consider making a donation to bring hope and life through clean water to a village with nothing.

Donations can be sent to:
Global Orphan Outreach
Attn: Habakkuk's Well
P.O. Box 97Ladysmith,WI 54848

Materials and Cost Estimates for the construction of a concrete reinforced culvert lined hand-dug well so that safe drinking water can be provided to the Kpeletayama Village and the Suakoko District in Bong County.

Item Cost
1. 40 pcs of 2 x 3 diameter of concrete culvert rings - $1,800
2. 12 cuyd of 1/2 inch crushed rocks - $200
3. 12 cuyd of sand - $175
4. Excavation above water table($5.00/ft x 60ft) - $300
5. Lining of Culvert rings in the pit - $200
6. Mounting of sanitary court yard/apron - $325
7. Suction pumping of unsafe water - $125
8. Chemicals for chemical application - $100
9. Hand Pump - $750
10. Installation of pump - $75
11. Transportation of materials to and from site - $645
12. Below water column (20 ft below) - $300

Material total: $4,995
10% contingencies $499

Project Grand Total: $5,494







Our Story:

Mark and Peggy Halvorsen have been preparing to adopt two brothers from Liberia, West Africa, for the past year. In June 2009, our hearts were broken when we were told that our youngest boy, Habakkuk, then 2 ½ , had died of cholera, a disease acquired from drinking contaminated water. Habakkuk lived and died in a village with no well. He is not the only child who died for lack of clean water. Since losing our boy, it has been our dream to build a well in his community. We are working hard to raise the funds so construction can be completed before the rainy season, which starts in April.

Thank you for partnering with us to make Habakkuk's well a reality for the people of Kpeletayama village and Suakoko distict.

--Mark and Peggy Halvorsen
#715-514-4300
peghalvo@charter.net