The Melakarthigaipatti Safe Water Project
Clean Water in India
Summary
Enable the community of Melakarthigaipatti, India to improve their health and use their time for economic development by building and maintaining a sustainable safe water and sanitation system.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
In rural Melakarthigaipatti, India, 2,434 people struggle to meet their daily water needs. Only 3 of the 5 government-installed hand-pumps work and they don’t supply nearly enough water for the village. The villagers use the polluted Cauvery river water for bathing and washing clothes. With no latrines, open defecation is routinely practiced. Cholera, dysentery, and polio are common during seasonal periods.
Activities
Project activities are renovation of the existing water-pumps & drainage system, & build individual household latrines, community participation, health & sanitation education, training in financial management, & water source protection.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $7,000
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 $7,000 . The original project funding goal was $7,000.
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
2,434 people will receive access to safe & adequate water & a latrine. A local water committee will be elected to oversee upkeep & maintenance of water system and will hire local technicians to operate & maintain the system.
Project Message
WaterPartners gives mothers more than access to safe water-it allows them to dream about their daughters' futures, rather than worry about their survival.
- Marla Smith-Nilson, Director of International Programs
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Laurel Groh
Development Associate
WaterPartners International
PO Box 22680
Kansas City, MO 64113-0680
United States
913.312.8600 ext 4
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Water.org
PO Box 22680
Kansas City,
Missouri
64113-0680
United States
913.312.8600
http://www.water.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
India
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 3, 2004
Latest Update from the Field
Progress Report: Melakarthigapatti
By Laurel Groh - Sr. Communications Manager, July 14, 2006 04:44 PM
Similar striking changes have happened at the local school as well. Prior to the start of the project, the school facilities were in disrepair and had no water facilities. Over the past three months, the renovation of the school latrine block has been reconstructed with separate facilities for boys and girls. Water has been piped in from a nearby ground-level reservoir.
Over the next couple of months, Melakarthigaipatti and the partner organization will begin to renovate the existing water systems and construct new ones. As the construction gets underway, members of community water board will learn how to appropriately maintain the water system and repair it should the system break down.
Our partner will also continue to work with strengthening the local community groups, including Women's Self-Help Groups and Children's School Health Groups. Placing women in leadership roles and including children as “health ambassadors' helps to ensure the sustainability of the projects.
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