Feasterville family heads to Kenya to bring fresh water to school children.
The Gasperis want to not only help with water, but also to raise funds for the students’ educational programs.
Before the Gasperis leave for Kenya, they hope to raise money for their organization.
They hope to be able to drill four wells each year.
Chris has made three visits to the East African nation with Ashley.
The couple sold their home in the Feasterville section of Lower Southampton and the family is now living with Chris’s parents, Bruce and Mary Gasperi, in Northeast Philadelphia.
They hope to depart for Kenya in mid August.
They plan to use their savings for the first year to support themselves and their three children, and drill wells at two different primary schools that serve about 500 children each, ages 4 to 14.
They plan to stay five years or more if Ekenywa grows, Chris said.
Chris said he didn’t realize when he married Ashley seven years ago that he would be heading to Africa, but he knew, even growing up, that he would like to try working somewhere away from home.