Providing water to the mission, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1924

“Missionary work is full of variation. Our water supply gave out & here we are with 200 workmen digging a dam and trench from an adjoining stream.” Exterior view of workers digging a trench. The Chogoria mission generated power from a small waterfall on the Kamara River but, during the dry season, the flow was insufficient and additional water was fed into the Kamara, from the South Mara River, through a trench and dam. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.