Additional water projects can be found at:
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| Denan Project | Ethiopia | $1,000 | Victor Atkins, Watertown Club |
| Description of project will go here, once it is received. | |||
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| Mekele Blind School | Ethiopia | $6,000 | Kevin Purcell, Torrington Club kevinmpurcell@gmail.com; (860) 489-0098 (home), (860) 480-4790 (cell) |
| Solar oven project, www.mekeleblindschool.org | |||
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| Chiraminez Water Project | Guatemala | $14,975 | Rick Lawrence, Manchester Club elawrlaw@sbcglobal.net; (860) 643-2161 |
| Chiraminez, the community that would benefit from this proposal, is located 18 km. over a poor-quality, unpaved road from the county seat of San Martin Jilotepeque, and 38 km. from the Dept. (State) capital of Chimaltenango. It has a population of 288 inhabitants (48 families). There is public transportation only on market days (two days a week); at other times people who need to go into town or return home must hope that a pickup truck will pass and let them climb aboard. The people there work primarily in agriculture—a few on their own land and many on rented land. Some work as day laborers on other farms, receiving $4.50/day. Few can grow enough crops to sell. The major crops of corn and beans are primarily for the family’s consumption. Some are Catholics, some are evangelicals, but all are respectful of the Mayan practices of their ancestors. The request is for a gravity-fed water system, gray-water filters, and a vented, improved pit latrine for each household (the latter two components to help ensure the continuing good quality of the community’s water). If money permits, we are also requesting funding for Onil stoves for 75% of the families who wish them. |
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| Dawu Water Project | Ghana | $24,500 | Julius Aboagye, Bristol Rotary Club (860) 983-7981; info@africanheritagecollection.com |
| Dawu, a semi-urban town of about 15,000 people is located on the Akuapem Ridge, some 57 km north of Ghana’s capital city – Accra. Like the other towns in this ridge, Dawu have lived decades with irregular and inadequate flow of portable water compelling its inhabitants to depend on spring water. In the case of Dawu, the spring water has been impounded but by lying in a trough, the water is heavily contaminated making it unsafe for drinking. Availability of portable water becomes very acute during the dry months of November to May annually. Water borne diseases are therefore not uncommon during the afore-mentioned months. The people of Dawu have appealed to the Rotary Club of Accra-West (RCAW) for assistance in the form of provision of a mechanized bore hole to ensure the flow of potable water throughout the year. |
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| Okuapeman Secondary School Water Project | Ghana | $35,000 | Julius Aboagye, Bristol Rotary Club (860) 983-7981; info@africanheritagecollection.com |
| Established in 1957 at Akropong Akuapem, Okuapeman Secondary School is one of the top second cycle schools in the country. It is a mixed (boys and girls) school. The school also admits physically challenged (blind) students. The current student population stands at 2300. Over the past decade, supply of potable water to the school campus has been very irregular and inadequate with the girls' dormitories worst affected. During the frequent water crises, students have to walk down the steep slope about half a kilometer to outside the gate and queue for long hours before getting water from a hand-dug well. These arduous climbing and descending trips with gallons and buckets of water expose the students to fatigue and sickness. Also, precious teaching and learning contact hours are wasted in the process. Dining hall schedules are often not met. Moreover, cleaning and washing purposes of personal hygiene and environmentation cannot be ensued. This project involves installation of a mechanized borehole and provision of a water storage facility with a capacity of 40,000 litres. |
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| Pure Water for the World | Honduras | $10,000 | Wayne D. Gass, Holyoke Club wgass@comcast.net |
| Contact Wayne Gass for description of project | |||
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| Ahero Project | Kenya | Alden Dupont; aldendupont@charter.net | |
| From Alden Dupont... The name "Ahero" originates from the village where this effort started. Since then they have been identified by the name of GWAKO (Group of Women in Water and Agriculture, Kocheing). My involvement is with the Ahero Project started in November 2000 when I led a team of Lifewater volunteers to Western Kenya in the Lake Victoria Region. While I taught water well drilling, others taught hygiene and sanitation which in combination are necessary to prevent illness and deaths caused by water borne diseases. With the equipment and training provided they have drilled 100 water wells which collectively will service over 30,000 impoverished people. We will be working with them to establish a well drilling school and teach them how to teach others. |
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| Engineers without Borders | Namawanga, Kenya | $15,000 | Cynthia, cphmsw@verizon.net; (413) 562-2626 Eric, elehan@evenflowengineering.com; (413) 789-2870 |
| A drilled well and hand pump serving roughly 1,500 people. The UMass-Amherst Chapter of Engineers without Borders is providing technical support and hopes to begin construction in January 2008. | |||
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| Luanshya Water Project | Luanshya, Zambia | $18,100 | Bill Saunders, East Hartford Club (860) 648-2842; bevbillsaun@cox.net |
| The specifics on their water project are as follows: They are looking to install two wells, 50 metres (165 feet) deep, fully incased and with a hand pump installed. The areas in which these wells will be located has a combined population of 10.000-12,000 people. The wells will be situated near a school, clinic or church for security and convenience. The cost of the project is $9050 per well ($18,100 in total). We will have the opportunity for matching grants with this project( locally and in Zambia). | |||
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