{"id":487,"date":"2026-10-21T12:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/?p=487"},"modified":"2026-10-21T12:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:43:09","slug":"thank-you-but-we-still-need-your-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/?p=487","title":{"rendered":"THANK YOU \u2014 BUT WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A heartfelt <strong>THANK YOU<\/strong> to everyone who has already donated towards repairing the borehole. Your generosity means so much and you are helping to bring hope to a community facing desperate circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We haven\u2019t quite raised enough yet to complete the repairs to the borehole but the work is starting imminently.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are the words of Joseph Letoluo at Lempintira, who some of you may &nbsp;know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hello Everyone,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"77\" height=\"88\" src=\"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Joseph1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-489\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>All of you are aware of the prolonged drought here in Kenya and Lempintira community, we already had Lempintira School closed because of shortage of water for the Kids and teachers at School, the community garden has dried off and even animals are dying of thirst. WATER IS LIFE, if there is no water, life is compromised. We ask for your assistance to bring life back. Thank you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Best wishes,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Joseph<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have not yet donated, please, please consider doing so now. No contribution is too small. Every pound brings us closer to getting the water flowing again. We cannot end the drought, but together we can help provide a lifeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Account name: Development Direct<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sort code: 60-09-47<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Account No: 24922374<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you again for giving, for caring and for sharing this appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who has already donated towards repairing the borehole. Your generosity means so much and you are helping to bring hope to a community facing desperate circumstances. We haven\u2019t quite raised enough yet to complete the repairs to the borehole but the work is starting imminently.&nbsp; These are the words &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/?p=487\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;THANK YOU \u2014 BUT WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":490,"href":"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions\/490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}