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2009-2010 Water Projects Information |
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Denan Project |
Ethiopia |
$ 1,000 |
Victor Atkins, Watertown |
Club members donate $1 to have a glass of water with their Rotary meal with the money collected used to pay for the project. |
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Chonoxte, San Martin Jilotepeque, Chimaltenango |
Guatemala |
$ 26,000 |
Rick Lawrence, Manchester |
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is the fifth project working in cooperation with Behrhorst Partners for
Development. The village has a population of 252 inhabitants (42
families). Currently the community suffers from a lack of water in their
homes. The women and children must walk 30 minutes each way to gather
water from small springs; in the dry season they must go further to
distant springs. The funding will provide running water and a
3-compartment sink, construction of gray water filters, improved vented
pit latrines and raised vented stoves for each family. In left picture
below, Manchester Rotarian Rick Lawrence and some of the children from the
village of Chirraminez stand in front of the catchment tank on which a
plaque was mounted listing all the District 7890 Rotary Clubs that
contributed to the project completed in October 2008. The right photo
shows clean, running water and 3-compartment sink provided to each
family's home
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Dawu Water Project |
Ghana |
$ 24,500 |
Julius Aboagye, Bristol |
Dawu, a town of 15,000 has inadequate and irregular potable water. They rely on spring water which is contaminated and water borne diseases are acute during the dry season. The Rotary Club of Accra-West requests funding to provide mechanized bore holes 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 |
This school is one of the top co-ed second cycle schools with 2,300 students which also admits blind students has inadequate and irregular potable water. The girl’s dormitories are the worst. Students have to walk down a steep slope and queue for hours to get water. This exposes them to sickness, fatigue and time lost in school. Lack of clean water prevents adequate personal hygiene and sanitation. This project involves installation of a mechanized bore hole and provisions for a 40,000 liter water storage facility. |
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Pure Water for the World |
Honduras |
$ 10,000 |
Wayne D. Gass, Holyoke |
Fourth year of fundraising for the people in the Danli area. Partnering with nonprofit, “Pure Water for the World” supporting the manufacture and distribution of bio filters to families. In 2007 $10,000 was raised for bio filters to 130 homes serving 900 persons. In 2008 six clubs, the district and foundation supported $78,000 to benefit 3500 people in Honduras through the installation of bio filters and water collection centers. A third fund raising project is underway. Pictured below are Holyoke Rotarians in Honduras: (L-R) Ed McCarron, Lasca Hoey and Wayne Gass.
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6 |
Namawanga Borehole Well (in conjunction with Engineers without Borders) |
Namawanga, Kenya |
$ 15,000 |
Cynthia, cphmsw@verizon.net |
| Hydrogelogical survey for borehole Was completed in June, 2008. Students from Engineers without Borders (EWB) oversaw the inspection. Fundraisers and partner Rotary clubs (Southwick, West Springfield, Agawam, Amherst and Newington) provided the funding for the survey and for the down payment which began the contract for the Project. We hope to raise the additional monies needed through a Rotary Matching Grant | ||||
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Bio-Sand Water Filters for Homes and Schools |
Kolar, India |
$16,000 |
Susan Holway, Thomaston |
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In South Asia, including India, more than half of the population consumes unsafe, contaminated and polluted drinking water. Due to poor water quality the occurrences of intestinal diseases are wide spread. Children are most affected by water borne disease leading to poor health and often death. Kolar District is one of the poorest areas in south India. Potable water is simply not available in most areas. There are no water treatment facilities and bottled water is too expensive for most people to afford. A Canadian scientist has developed a Bio-sand water filter that is low cost and effective in the removal of dissolved particles and pathogens from contaminated water. The Bio-sand filter is a type of slow sand water filter specifically designed for removing disease causing organisms with intermittent operations The bio-sand filter technology has been introduced in 48 countries and is widely in use. The filter has been tested by various government, research, and health institutions, as well as by non-governmental agencies across the world and found to be effective in water purification. The filters can be built on a small scale at low cost. There is no electricity required, no chemicals used, and no replaceable parts, therefore no on-going costs for the user. South Asia Pure Water Initiative, Inc. was started by a husband and wife team with Peace Corp and Rotary backgrounds who want to make a difference in the lives of people living in South Asia. They started a small factory in Kolar, India in November of 2005. The factory and the distribution of the filters is managed by a Rotarian from the Rotary Club of Kolar. Rotarians in India are enthusiastically supporting this filter project. Rotary District 7890 has taken up the cause in a big way, supporting the project with grants and donations through clubs and individual members. Now, an urgent request has been made by a nonprofit organization in India, named Myrada to help place these clean water filters in households where one of the family members has AIDS. Our goal is to place 500 filters by the end of 2010. So far we have raised enough funds in District 7980 to purchase 113 filters.
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Water filters for families in Phoum Thom, Cambodia |
Phoum Thom, Cambodia |
$13,000 |
Mary Anne Herron |
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. |
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