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Water for the Kuvé Community

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by Komlan Koudadje, Vice-President Bonding with Children Foundation Bringing water back to the Kuvé community is probably not the biggest challenge Bonding with Children Foundation ever faced but it still is a great accomplishment that warms our hearts. My name is Komlan. I'M 42 years old. In 2016, I met Victor at a Walmart in Des Moines, Iowa. Victor was a classmate of mine in high school. I was glad to see him again after 20 years.Together we decided to pool our resources and work on some projects as a nonprofit. Our very first project took us to Kuvé, a village of about 2,000 people. It was in May, 2018. Our team had received a warm welcome from the village chief popularly known as Togbé.  The chief gathered almost everyone in the village for the event.  Our presence there at that time was to distribute clothes and school supplies. Kids were smiling and jumping joyfully.  The Chief however expressed  his concern about the need of clean water and drinking water i