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Holyoke Rotarians in Honduras
(from left to right) Ed McCarron, Lasca Hoey, Wayne Gass
| Project | Location | Project $ | Contact Info |
| Denan Project | Ethiopia | $1,000 | Victor Atkins, Watertown Club |
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| Water Project For The Village Of Mocolic Xot Alto, Patzůn, Chimaltenango | Guatemala | $25,096 | Rick Lawrence, Manchester Club elawrlaw@sbcglobal.net; (860) 643-2161 |
| Mocolic Xot Alto (pronounced "mo-ko-leek
shot"), the community that would benefit from this proposal is
located 8 km over an unpaved road from the county seat of Patzun and 36 km
from the Dept. (State) Capital of Chimaltenango. It has a population of
348 inhabitants (58 families). The people there work primarily in
agriculture, a few on their own land and many on rented land. Currently
the community suffers from a lack of water in their homes. The women and
children must walk 50 minutes each way to gather water from small springs
or, in the dry season when these springs dry up, they must go farther (1
hour) to distant springs. This lack of water is causing in the population
gastrointestinal diseases and the loss of productive time spent hauling
water to their homes.
The purpose of this project is to request funds for the running water introduction for 68 families, the construction of gray water filters and latrines for the same amount of families. If sufficient funds are available, raised vented Onil stoves will be made available for 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. Proposal |
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| Pure Water for the World | Honduras | $10,000 | Wayne D. Gass, Holyoke Club wgass@comcast.net |
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Honduras is the second poorest nation in the Americas. The people of Honduras suffer greatly from the lack of clean water. The children and elderly are the most vulnerable and suffer many diseases associated with contaminated water. Our Holyoke Rotary Club is in its third year of fundraising to aid the people in the greater Danli area where water problems are particularly severe. We partner with nonprofit “Pure Water For The World” to support the manufacture and distribution of clean water biofilters to families that are identified by local Rotarians and government health officials. Two years ago we raised $10,000 through fund raising and membership contributions and sponsored the delivery of biofilters to 130 homes serving about 900 persons. Last year we partnered with six other Clubs and with the aid of District and Foundation grants supported a $78,000 project designed to benefit another 3500 persons in Honduras through the installation of biofilters and water collection centers. Currently we are underway in raising funds for a third project. The need in Honduras is widespread but we know we are making an impact. We are thankful that some of the same Clubs in our District are ready to join us again this year. We would love to have additional Clubs join in as well. How about yours?
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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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| Water filters for families | Phoum Thom, Cambodia | $13,000 | Mary Anne Herron(413) 734-0061 H; (413) 439-1953 WMaryanne_herron@aspensquare.comIn cooperation with Springfield Rotary |
| The goal of this project is to provide water filters to as many families as possible in the community surrounding Phoum Thom as there is not clean water to drink. The near by polluted Mekong River and arsenic-contaminated wells are the current source of water and cause intestinal diseases. Many people die every year from diarrhea and other water-related illnesses. | |||