1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgLena Peacockhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/lcampbellworldvision-org/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Zf9tMNhkMh"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2022/03/22/clean-water-global-hunger/ireen-gets-clean-water/">Ireen Gets Clean Water</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2022/03/22/clean-water-global-hunger/ireen-gets-clean-water/embed/#?secret=Zf9tMNhkMh" width="600" height="338" title="“Ireen Gets Clean Water” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="Zf9tMNhkMh" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/D232-0409-048.jpg1200800Ireen, 9, sponsored, collects clean water from the borehole that was drilled in her village by World Vision ten days earlier. There is even a place for community members to wash laundry by the tap. Nine-year-old Ireen was World Vision magazine’s cover story in spring 2019. Her mother, Chimwemwe, Malawi’s Chichewa word for happiness, is a single mother raising four children on her own. She desperately needed the change that comes with clean water. She didn’t want her bright daughter, Ireen, to follow the rugged path she’s had to walk: dropping out of school early to work on farms, marrying too young, eking out a living, and rising before dawn to begin collect water from a dirty stream, one of many trips per day to satisfy the needs of her daughters. In August 2020, Malawi’s drilling team did the unthinkable as COVID-19 raged. Masked for safety with 150 excited villagers kept watching at a distance, the drillers struck clean water. It took persistence and prayer. “God has fought for us,” says lead driller Golden Bhikha. “We have been praying for Ireen to get water. And now God has helped us and now we have water.” But it wasn’t easy. Drilling Ireen’s well took days. “We did meet a lot of problems,” says lead driller Golden Bhikha. “We had to drill at least three places. We didn’t find water.” The fourth try—drilling 150 feet into the earth—was a charm. “I am very happy in my heart,” says Golden. “Our whole group. We know that now Ireen has clean water. That is going to be very helpful in her upbringing. More especially, when you look at her health. More especially, when you think about the coronavirus. She will now have clean water to be using during this period.” Ireen is overjoyed. The borehole is so close she can see it from her house. “I was so happy, like I’ve never been in my life,” says Ireen. “My prayers have been answered. The water is very close now.” The drillers already know the impa