Abasi is now 12 years old. He has two younger siblings. His sister Aluna just turned 10, and his brother Karim is 7 years old. Abasi’s father is still a farmer, but now his parents have a permanent stall at the market too! While Abasi’s father sells vegetables there Abasi’s mother has started a business making and selling jewelry. She says that it’s because she has so much more time now that she doesn’t have to go all the way to the river.

The water from the well is so much better than the old river water. It comes out clear and doesn’t taste, or even smell bad. In fact, it doesn’t smell at all. The water from the well doesn’t make the family sick either so Abasi and Aluna get to go to school every day instead of having to work.

Abassi’s parents’ stall at the market makes enough money that Karim comes to school now too. The kids learned about hand-washing at school and built a new hand-washing station for their family at home, so now no one gets diarrhea anymore. Abasi still wants to be a doctor, but even Aluna now is talking about becoming a nurse!