Tsunami Relief: Safe Drinking Water in Sri Lanka
Tsunami relief Sri Lanka
Summary
Provide up to 50 water purification and disinfection systems for immediate tsunami relief and for long-term rebuilding efforts in Sri Lanka.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $244,591 was raised for this project. |
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Roughly 604,000 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.
Activities
WaterHealth International (WHI) is working with Sri Lankan partners to install 50 water purification systems for tsunami reconstruction efforts in hospitals, schools and relief settlements.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $244,591
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 $244,591 . The original project funding goal was $250,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.waterhealth.com)
- Jinasena Group (http://www.lanka.net/jinasena)
- The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (http://www.ifrc.org/address/lk.asp)
- Rotary Clubs of Colombo and Colombo Regency (http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/main/news04.html)
- US Trade & Development Agency (http://www.tda.gov/)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
50 schools, hospitals, and tsunami camps will be able to provide safe drinking water, often for the first time. Waterborne disease in tsunami-devastated areas will be reduced and the health of children and patients will be significantly improved.
Project Message
WATER is a big problem. Water distribution centers have been wiped out . . . wells have been contaminated. Controlling the spread of waterborne diseases is a big challenge.
- Anonymous, CCC Disaster Relief Rehabilitation representative
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Katie Schmitz de Fernandez
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 
Sri Lanka
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Sri Lanka, read the Human Development Report on Sri Lanka or the Wikipedia entry for Sri Lanka.
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 6, 2005
Latest Update from the Field
Tsunami Project Field Update
By Nadia Madden - Assistant Project Manager, January 17, 2006 01:20 PM
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