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Clean Water and Conservation in the Philippines
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Summary
On the island of Negros, in the Philippines, an innovative pump will bring clean running water to thousands of people in 13 villages and encourage watershed conservation within these communities
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Received $985 from 17 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Currently, women and children are having to walk down steep and dangerous hillsides in order to collect water. This task has significantly reduced the villager's standard of living. Yet there is a solution to the problem. AIDFI, a local NGO, in partnership with Green Empowerment, is able to deliver water to these communities using a ram pump, which will allow for the community members to spend their time doing other productive activities. This will take the burden off both women and children.
Activities
Donations will go towards the first project that needs funding on the list (see the update Excel Spreadsheet), which is currently Nangka and Minaluha. Once this project has been funded, the next project on the list will be the succeeding recipient.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $965
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $3,644
Total Funding Goal: $4,609
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Resources
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The installation of ram pumps for these twelve separate sites will benefit these communities in creating a more accessible water system and a healthier environment based on their agreement to protect their watershed in return for the technology.
Project Message
"I used to have to bring food down to the river for a days laundry; and bring the children too otherwise there would be no-one at home. Now they stay at home and so do I."
- Araceli Carbajosa, Resident of Bagacay, a previous ram pump site
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on June 23, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 07, 2007.
Latest Update from the Field
Funding & implementation Update
By Michel Maupoux - Program Manager, June 23, 2008 08:03 PM
Thanks to our donors, Green Empowerment has been able to send partial funds for this group of projects. Amin/Isabela & Bayhao were completed February 2008, and documented in photos in the report below.
in June 2008, we received photos of the now completed site of Minaluha and Nagka. They are posted in the photo gallery.
Purok Lopues is 80% completed as of June 20, 2008.
The funds we are able to provide result in great leverage. As a "Seed", they enable AIDFI to successfully challenge local organizations for matching or complementary funds.
AIDFI was successful in securing local funding for several systems, with a combination of contributions from local municipalities (LGU) and a $20,000 grant from Seacology Philippines for this group of projects. Several sites are scheduled for implementation in June & July 2008.
3 sites had to be cancelled due to local political issues, but 3 substiture sites were identified.
The spreadsheet below provides the latest status.
Funding through Green Empowerment is now focused on Maghumay & Sikatuna.
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