Safe Water & Latrines for Village in India
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Summary
Enable the community of Keelakarthigaipatti to improve their health and use their time for economic development by building and maintaining a sustainable safe water & sanitation system.
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How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $6,260 was raised for this project.
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Imagine a community of 900 people sharing one hand pump. This is the reality in the rural community of Keelakarthigaipatti. There is an overhead tank served by a piped water supply from the local government, but it is unreliable – often failing for days or months at a time - and unsafe. The villagers must use irrigation canal water for bathing and washing clothes. With no latrines, open defecation is routinely practiced. Cholera, dysentery, and typhoid are common during seasonal periods.
Activities
The project includes construction of hand pumps and drainage facilities; school sanitary complex; household latrines; and demonstration of rainwater harvesting structure.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $6,260
Funding Policy: subsidized/guaranteed
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding.
Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as
indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the
"Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $6,260as of Jun 09 2004. The original project funding goal was $7,370.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
900 people will receive access to safe and adequate water; provide access to sanitation, while training the community to maintain its improved water supply and sanitation facilities through community participation
Project Message
I have witnessed the daily struggle for survival by people without access to safe water. I am inspired by the way they are able to face their problems with dignity and hope.
- Marla Smith-Nilson, Director of International Programs
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on July 14, 2006.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 29, 2003.
Latest Update from the Field
Progress Report: Keelakarthigaipatti
By Laurel Groh - Sr. Communications Manager, July 14, 2006 04:53 PM
As a result of this project, community members in Keelakarthigaipatti now get their water from three tubewells capped by handpumps. The members of the Village Water and Sanitation Committee know how to appropriately maintain the water system to reduce breakage. However should a pump need repairs, the committee has the capacity to make those repairs. Additionally, to further prevent diarrheal diseases throughout the community, each household constructed its own lowcost latrine. Families were able to chose the type of latrine they preferred and obtained loan funds from a local Women's Self-Help Group. The school also has its own sanitary block for children and for faculty.
Project Activities
The Sustainable Health through Water and Sanitation Program in Keelakarthigaipatti was completed during the Spring of 2004. The project has demonstrated great success.
Since the start of the project, there has been a remarkable change in the village. As a result of the project, all houses have a toilet, and people no longer defecate in public. In fact, the village instituted a policy that would fine anyone caught defecating in the open in the village. Feces are no longer seen throughout the village, thereby reducing the incidence of water and food contamination. The people in the village now collect their water from working handpumps, and the run-off from the pump runs into a community garden, rather than stagnating as a home for mosquitoes. The garden is tended to by the children in the village, and the crops produced are sold to maintain the pumps and the garden. Many families have also started kitchen gardens which they water with their wastewater.
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