Challenge:
136 villages in Bumpe Ngao Chiefdom are without safe drinking water
High rate of death as a result of diseases such as typhoid, cholera, etc.
Waste materials contaminate steams or river as a result of daily activities (shower, laundering etc.)
Villages located in the hillside areas are far from water to drink and cook. During the dry season, most streams and rivers dry up.
People walk miles to near-by villages to fetch water for drinking, cooking and other purposes.Community people in rural areas cannot afford to construct drilling or hand-dug wells from their subsistence farming production.
supports already in place?
Availability of land to construct wells.
Community people will provide local materials and support (sand, stone, sticks, and food for the contractors).
How many people benefit from a well?
A minimum of 50 (but usually many more) people will benefit from one well.
Impact:
Absence or low rate of disease and death as a result of unsafe drinking water
Opportunity to enjoy safe, accessible drinking water
Increase in healthy sanitation practices
Costs/Goals:
There two kinds of wells that are mostly constructed – Drilled Wells & Hand-Dug Wells. Drilling can be done any time of the year and wells last much longer than hand-dug wells.
Drilled wells yield good quality, safe drinking water. Drilling a well only takes a week!
Drilled Well: ~$12,000.00
Hand-dug wells are cheaper to construct and easier to maintain. They are dug in dry season (February, March). Hand-dug wells require more labor time
(~ two months).The Ministry of Health and Sanitation recommends drilling wells where enough resources are available.
Hand-Dug Well : $5,555.00
Note: training, provision of spare parts, and maintenance of well by community people: $1000.00
