10% Pulses for Potable Water
Mar. 10th, 2007 10:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
avadHave been searching through projects to decide where to send my 10% donations this month and I've decided to focus on 3 potable water projects through the Peace Corps for this round.
All share the same simple and sustainable system...collection of rainwater..
1. Tanzania: Rainwater Harvesting System for school.
The project will utilize two highly visible school building situated on the main road in the center of the village. The buildings’ existing sheet metal roofing provides the main water catchment area. Local craftspeople will install gutters and piping for guiding the rainwater to an underground tank built from mostly local natural resources. The high profile system for retrieving clean water will also act as a motivating catalyst by displaying a practical method easily applicable to private homes.
2. Tanzania: Rain Catchment Tank for community garden
The main objective of this project is to construct a rain catchment tank that will support an existing Tumaini Njema community garden. This tank will collect run-off rain water to use in the dry season (September through March) so that the garden may be fruitful throughout the year. The fruits and vegetables grown will be sold at local markets to raise money to buy simple school supplies (i.e. notebooks, pens and pencils) for the orphans at Kokirie Primary School. Furthermore, some of the produce will be donated directly to the school in order to help provide nutritious meals for the children.
3. Suriname: Durotank Water and Sanitation for 110 Homes
Ben Ati Mofu, Abadu Kondre, and Akale Kondre are three Maroon villages located in close proximity along the Cottica River in North Eastern Suriname, South America. These descendents of runaway African slaves do not have access to clean drinking water. The most feasible solution to the communities, based on cost and access, is for each home to have a 400 gallon dirotank, a large thick plastic barrel, which collects rain drained from corrugated tin roofs. Dirotanks would ensure that health hazardous polluted river water, far away from many homes, would no longer be the main source for drinking and other daily uses. The change in quality of life would be enormous. The project was initiated by villagers, who have agreed to provide for nearly all associated supplies for the project, such as nets, faucets, cement, sand, labor, and transport. They are asking for $14,320, seventy percent of the costs, in order for one hundred-ten homes to have absolute control of their water.
Help contribute to these or other volunteer projects in need of funding
All share the same simple and sustainable system...collection of rainwater..
1. Tanzania: Rainwater Harvesting System for school.
The project will utilize two highly visible school building situated on the main road in the center of the village. The buildings’ existing sheet metal roofing provides the main water catchment area. Local craftspeople will install gutters and piping for guiding the rainwater to an underground tank built from mostly local natural resources. The high profile system for retrieving clean water will also act as a motivating catalyst by displaying a practical method easily applicable to private homes.
2. Tanzania: Rain Catchment Tank for community garden
The main objective of this project is to construct a rain catchment tank that will support an existing Tumaini Njema community garden. This tank will collect run-off rain water to use in the dry season (September through March) so that the garden may be fruitful throughout the year. The fruits and vegetables grown will be sold at local markets to raise money to buy simple school supplies (i.e. notebooks, pens and pencils) for the orphans at Kokirie Primary School. Furthermore, some of the produce will be donated directly to the school in order to help provide nutritious meals for the children.
3. Suriname: Durotank Water and Sanitation for 110 Homes
Ben Ati Mofu, Abadu Kondre, and Akale Kondre are three Maroon villages located in close proximity along the Cottica River in North Eastern Suriname, South America. These descendents of runaway African slaves do not have access to clean drinking water. The most feasible solution to the communities, based on cost and access, is for each home to have a 400 gallon dirotank, a large thick plastic barrel, which collects rain drained from corrugated tin roofs. Dirotanks would ensure that health hazardous polluted river water, far away from many homes, would no longer be the main source for drinking and other daily uses. The change in quality of life would be enormous. The project was initiated by villagers, who have agreed to provide for nearly all associated supplies for the project, such as nets, faucets, cement, sand, labor, and transport. They are asking for $14,320, seventy percent of the costs, in order for one hundred-ten homes to have absolute control of their water.
Help contribute to these or other volunteer projects in need of funding
