Tsunami Relief - Safe drinking water in India
Tsunami in India
Summary
Provide community water purification and disinfection systems for immediate tsunami relief as well as long-term rebuilding efforts in Tamil Nadu, and other tsunami-stricken areas in India.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $136,802 was raised for this project. |
Received $136,802 from 19 donations from people like:
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Roughly 500,000 displaced survivors are being housed in temporary camps or shelters. Clean, safe drinking water is in short supply, and is being provided via unsustainable measures. Water purification and disinfection systems are needed to address both immediate and long term needs of the survivors. Cholera and diarrheal disease was already endimic in the region prior to the tsunami (70,000 accute cases in 2004 alone).
Activities
WaterHealth International (WHI) installs water purification systems for emergency relief in temporary shelters. Germicidal UV light disinfects surface water, rivers, well water or contaminated municipal water; produces water meeting WHO guidelines.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $136,802
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 $136,802 . The original project funding goal was $250,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Reduction in water-borne diseases in temporary camps and shelters via the provision of a sustainable safe drinking water supply. Systems will be relocated to commuties as they are rebuilt for long-term use.
Project Message
The estimated financial toll of the tsunami is Rs. 2730.70 crore (~$62million)... Tamil Nadu suffered water troubles before the tsunami that are now made even more complicated.
- Anonymous, Gov’t Disaster Management & Mitigation Dept
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Katie Schmitz de Fernández
Director of Business and Market Development
WaterHealth International
9 Orchard Road, Suite 111
Lake Forest, CA 92630
United States
949.916.3212
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Acumen Fund
74 Trinity Place, 9th Floor
New York,
New York
10006
United States
212-566-8821
http://www.acumenfund.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 January 7, 2005
Latest Update from the Field
Tsunami Update
By Katie Schmitz de Fernandez - WaterHealth International, February 07, 2006 01:51 PM
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