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Nepalese Village Water
Project
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You would imagine that having a
river running virtually past your front door would negate the need
for any concerns about where your drinking water was coming from.
Wrong! Unfortunately the river running past the village of Shikhor,
which lies in central southern Nepal close to the Indian border, is
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The brief for this water project in Shikhor was simple: install fifteen wells that would bring water to 750 people in a rural and mountainous region of Nepal, where most of the water they had access to was polluted and unfit for human consumption.It has actually taken about six months.
The project itself was fine but at different times the village was patrolled by Maoist Guerillas, occupied by Maoist Guerillas, blockaded by Maoist Guerillas and also had its phone lines cut by Maoist Guerials. What quiet lives we all lead!
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It is really difficult to put yourself in the position of these poor villagers who only want to get on with their lives without interference from Guerillas or Government Forces.
However, we finally managed to get the project completed thanks to the hard work of our partner in Nepal and now the village has it fifteen new wells.
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There has already been a marked improvement in the number of people presenting water borne illnesses.
The villagers were given a training course in how to use water efficiently and there is a small further stage to go as we suggested putting a fence around the concrete area to stop animals from being able to defecate in the same area as the water is collected. (you may recall this is what happened when we did similar wells in Nigeria)
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Local 'Caretaker' group |
The photo above show the local ‘caretaker’ group: each well has it own caretaker group to ensure that it works properly and is not damaged in any way.
Our thanks go to Richard Lake, who sponsored this fantastic project.
More images from Shikhor can be found using the links from the menu at
the top right of this page
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