We’re in India, monitoring our work and learning how the programs we’ve funded here have taken off.

First stop: the Water Aid office in Lucknow. We partnered with them to fund several well repair centers in Mahoba district, in remote Uttar Pradesh. We’re spending the next five days getting to know the pump mechanics and seeing first-hand how their hard work has impacted communities during India’s hottest time of the year.

Stay tuned for much more on the well mechanics program — but for now, here are glimpses of some of the incredible people we’ve met so far in Mohaba district.