ADRA Syria has restored reliable water access for thousands of families in two Syrian communities.
After years of relying on costly tanker deliveries, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Syria has restored reliable water access for thousands of families in two Syrian communities.
Abdul Qader spent nearly a fifth of his income each month just keeping water in the house.
In Kafr Naha, a village outside Aleppo, water came only by private tanker — close to 600,000 Syrian pounds a month, pulled from wells no one had tested. Abdul Qader supports 16 relatives and manages a chronic heart condition of his own. Each delivery forced a choice: water, medicine, formula for his infant daughter, or food.
Everything changed when Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Syria rehabilitated the village's borehole, pumping station, and elevated water tank. Reliable water now reaches roughly 1,200 households — nearly 6,000 people. For Abdul Qader, the shift was immediate. Money he once spent on tanker deliveries now goes toward his heart treatment, his daughter's needs, and better meals.
"Providing for a large family while living with a heart condition has always been difficult," he said. "Now that water reaches our home reliably, we can focus more on medicine, food, and our baby daughter's needs instead of carrying the constant worry of buying water."
In Kafr Ammeh, a village in Idlib province, 55-year-old Umm Bashar (Mother of Bashar) faced her own version of the same math. She raises three orphaned grandchildren alone, after the family lost its breadwinner. Every ten days, she paid 150,000 Syrian pounds for tanker water — against a monthly income of about 1,000,000. The cost left little room for medicine or the children's needs, and she could never be sure the water itself was safe.
ADRA's rehabilitation of Kafr Ammeh's borehole, pumping station, and elevated tank changed that too. Around 800 families — nearly 4,000 people — now have regular water access. Umm Bashar no longer depends on tankers, and the money she saves helps her manage diabetes and heart disease while raising her grandchildren.
"Before, we waited many days before we could afford water, and we were never sure it was safe," she said. "Today, water reaches our home regularly. It has eased our burdens and given us hope that Kafr Ammeh can recover."
For families in both villages, dependable water means more than convenience. It ends a daily calculation between health, food, and safety — one that families like Abdul Qader's and Umm Bashar's had faced for years.