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2000 Karivde
State of Maharashtra, Central India
 Karivde is a Mission Station of 150 people and is located 22 kms from Kalambist, India. The people cultivate one crop of paddy and vegetables as a second crop, depending on the availability of water. The village well provides clean drinking water and enables them to cultivate two crops in a season.
2001 Vaijapur
State of Maharashtra, Central India  Vaijapur was carved out of the oldest mission of Aurangabad. It is part of the old Malighogargoan, which was also the first establishment of the Missionaries of St Francis De Sales in this region. Most of the villagers are farmers and there are two big boarding schools for 93 boys and 126 girls in two separate institutions. There is scarcity of water for drinking, irrigation and cooking purposes, so the well is a blessing for all the people around.
2003 Baghela State of Bihar, Northern India  Baghela is a Mission Station in the new diocese of Purnea. It is situated in a remote rural village in the Katihar district in the state of Bihar in India. People of the village are Tribals and belong to three tribes i.e. Munda, Oraon and Santhal. They came as Indigo Planters and labours during and before the British. Most of these people came in search of work and gradually they could get some land holdings in the course of time. It is well known that landlords and rich high caste people control the area even today. Most of the people are under the clutches of moneylenders and the rich; they depend on labour works for their survival yet they are families with little land holdings. The little cultivatable land needs much care. Having one's own irrigation facility would mean good amount of savings in the form of grain (Rice, Wheat & Pulse).
The Pond is 60 ft. in length, 50 ft. width (at the down surface) and 15 ft. depth. with irrigation facility and bored well for drinking water will help the four villages nearest to Baghela village. It would also be a great water source for people during summer. Apart from multiple benefits it would be used for bathing and washing for the Tribal hostel in the Mission Station in the village. The land on which the pond will be dug, belongs to the mission. The beneficiaries will be of Baghela, Dhaknamari, Baluatola, Purabtola & Pachimtola consisting of 150 families.
Another possibility is seen as community fishery; which will harvest a good income for the villages. It will be a community owned venture, and extra income to the people. Since the pond will be used for many purposes, it will be fenced in three directions and have steps on one side for washing.
 Tribes
As regards the tribes, they are the indigenous inhabitants of the place and the caste system is prevalent among the Hindus who are from Aryan race. According to the history they are intruders who came to India somewhere B.C. 3500 yrs and occupied the area (today India). It is not so easy to understand the inner reality of the caste system but those who have gone deeper through research and reading may understand it well. The tribes are not in the category of caste system, as tribals are not Hindus. The caste system exists among Hindus. State of Bihar, Northern India  Tapu is an interior, rural area. The surrounding villages are inhabited by tribal and caste farmers. It is approximately 110 kms from Purnea. Tapu comes under civil district of Kishanganj and is a new mission. People have little land holdings. There are no irrigation facilities as of now and there is no possibility that the Government will provide this. People have bored wells and some ponds from which they are able to irrigate their field. But the poor must depend on other's bored wells or ponds and it is often difficult to access the water when they need it as it could be equally needed by the owners themselves. The pond will be looked after by the people under the care of the priest of the community. Maintenance will be of course the people themselves and they will easily get water from the pond for irrigating their fields. 
2008 Malou, Haiti
Croix des Bouquets, Marin, Haiti 60 ft well with hand pump and electric pump, at the Malou Kindergarten and Elementary School. There are 55 students and 5 teachers at the school. The well will give accessible water throughout the day to all the school children and the staff. Also, the people in the surrounding area will not have to travel so far to get the water they need. An email from Elizabeth Clackler January 20, 2010: "Hello Mary,
Wanted to let you know that the house in Malou where the well was dug went flat during the earthquake. It also served as a church and school. Many people have come to sleep in their yard (about 50 last I heard). They are so thankful for the well. It truly is a blessing to them. They are able to have drinking water through all of this. Thanks to God and to Wishing Wells. Blessings! " Elizabeth
 2009 Haiti Bouchan Bourg & Nan Kokoye, Haiti   Digging at Bouchan Bourg produced salt water. Nan Kokoye has been put on hold while they recover from the earthquake. 2009 Koduru, India
2009 Avanigadda, India
2011 Arthamuru, India Well, water tanks and piping for Nora Huntley Home for Disabled |
2001 Hingoli
State of Maharashtra, Central India  Hingoli is the oldest mission of the Aurangabad diocese and is much neglected. It is about 240 kms from Aurangabad. There are no industries around and the majority of the people here search daily for their day’s wage and have small marginal farms right around the farmland of the church. A community well is an immense blessing to all the people around, who otherwise are very much frustrated with the weather – hailstones, heavy rain and drought. 2002 Parbhani State of Maharashtra, Central India  Parbhani is one of the eight districts that make up the diocese of Aurangabad. It is home to Maharashtra Agriculture University. Farmers grow crops of soybeans, wheat and jawar, which is much used by the people of the state. The well is a great blessing for all the agricultural farmers in the neighborhood. 2004 Baghwakol
State of Bihar, Northern India  The village of Baghwakol is in the Hazirganj Civil Block of Katihar District in the State of Bihar in India. A new mission station was inaugurated on July 1, 1999 for the rural villages. Baghwakol is approximately 25 k.ms. from the district head quarters in Katihar. Of late this area is connected with a pitch road. There is no other communication or infrastructure facilities in the surrounding villages. Baghwakol village is tribal populated. Most of these tribals have little cultivable landholdings. Tribals of this area came from the present Jharkhand state as Indigo planters or railway line workers during the British rule in India. Except in monsoon season, they find it difficult to cultivate their land only because they have no means for irrigation. Having a second crop could be a solution to their misery. The proposed project will benefit the rural people in Baghwakol. They will have facility for irrigation and will be able to grow a second crop, which in itself is a plus for the community. In the dry season, cattle will have water for drinking. As for community participation, they will develop a fishery once the pond is ready. The bored well will give clean water to drink for the tribals who lack it today. In villages they have some bore wells belonging to well-to-do families, but the present proposal will help the most needy. It will be a community affair, as people themselves will decide the place for digging such bore wells in their villages. The pond will directly benefit at least 60-70 families. Community will be responsible for fuel for the irrigation pump and the religious will look after the maintenance of the pump set with the help of the community. 2007 Obeagu State of Enugu, Nigeria 
Well drilling in Fr. Anthony Chukwunta's home village of Obeagu, Nigeria in summer of 2008. Antigonish County parishes of Lakevale, Maryvale, Georgeville and Cape George have taken on this drilled well project. The Wishing Wells Society financially supporting this drilled well project. Obeagu is home to 22,000 people. They walk and bike far distances to fetch water in the dry season. Children often go hungry and milk is a luxury. Health care is a two-hour drive away and there is not one car in Obeagu. Clean water will improve the people’s health.
Krishna District, State of Andhra Pradesh, India.  Before
 Multipurpose well for drinking and farming at Gingeru and a handpumps at Manginapudi and Usaravaripalem.  After
 2009 Doreba, Ethiopia  This is their current water source, but it is a long way back home ... up hill all the way. Soon, they will have their own well!
2010 Kanolo, Malawi Deepening and protection of 4 shallow village wells
Photos of completed wells coming soon..........
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