2010 Funded and Committed Project Report

Safe Drinking Water at the Soramarith Secondary School
This project took advantage of an existing piping system at the school in Kampong Chhnang Province, east of Phnom Penh. It added a series of gravity fed tanks and filters, increasing the volume to supply 4,179 students, teachers and surrounding community. Hygiene education also was included in the school curriculum. This is the first time since the civil war the community has had a sufficient and stable source of safe drinking water. This was Blue Planet Network’s and East Meets West’s first project partnership in Cambodia. [Project Report]

Fountain Keeper Schools Project
This project included construction of latrine and hand washing facilities and hygiene education for six schools. Teachers and local communities were trained in the maintenance of these facilities. The students are the primary beneficiary of the project. Each hand washing station provides water for overall hygiene, meal preparation, school maintenance, and community meetings at the school. The tanks on the lavamanos (hand washing stations) were connected to the roof to collect rainwater and increase the sustainability of the water source. [Project Report]

Clean Water, Hygiene Education, and Sanitation for 5 Communities
Clean water, sanitation and hygiene education were the end product of this project in the region of Trojes, Honduras. The communities of Buena Esperanza, Germania, Los Angeles, Buenos Aires de Zepeda and Brisas de Poteca each worked with Pure Water for the World to install bio sand filters and build pour-and-flush latrines. Hygiene and sanitation education was conducted via home and school visits. [Project Report -1- | -2-]

Construction of 100 ECOSAN Toilets in 2 Tamil Nadu Districts
This project continued the success of 20 ECOSAN toilets built in 2009-2010 in nearby villages. This year, 84 ECOSAN toilets were constructed in the surrounding villages and district. Women in the community worked together to lead the project. Local masons were trained to maintain the toilets. [Project Report -1- | -2-]

Environment Approach To Water and Sanitation Provision in Mangalam,
Villianur Panchayat Pondicherry District, Tamil Nadu
This project created access to safe water using rope pumps, tube recharge and siphon filters in Pondicherry, one of the areas hardest hit by the tsunami. ECOSAN toilets were constructed in the area, dramatically improving sanitation, water quality, and health in the villages. Rope pumps were installed where services provided by the department were not sufficient even if there was water. A demonstration ECOSAN toilet was constructed for each community. Each family then worked with Humana to construct their own toilet. Siphon filters were distributed to each family to augment the rope pump wells. [Project Report -1- | -2- | -3-]

Arsenic Safe Drinking Water Using Shallow Dugwells
55 modified bore wells and bore-dug wells were constructed to provide arsenic-free drinking water. Public education was conducted on water-related health effects and proper personal hygiene. Project Well regularly conducted community education on arsenic and other health issues. These wells were requested by the community based on the success of Project Well programs in other villages. Residents were trained in maintaining the wells and administering regular doses of chlorine to the wells to disinfect any residual contaminants. Yearly arsenic analysis is conducted to ensure proper water quality is maintained. [Project Report -1- | -2- | -3- | -4- | -5-]

ACI Center for WASH Training
Aqua Clara International established a training center for water and sanitation-related training activities & oversight. ACI trained 10 new water-filter social businesses and subsidized the construction of their first 500 filters. The social businesses operate on a rolling loan basis whereby sale of the filters provides capital sufficient for the next order of materials. Each filter-producing social business will be located at a school to serve the surrounding community. The school provides secure storage for the construction materials and part of their reward is that for every 40 filters sold to their community, the school will get one free filter from ACI. [Project Report]

Nagoroworu Wells
The Samburu Project brings wells to communities which otherwise suffer the health and livelihood consequences of being without water. Wells were drilled in two rural communities in the Great Rift Valley, one of the driest areas in Kenya. Hygiene education and well maintenance training expanded the project’s impact. Initial site selection had to be moved to nearby locations to produce the required volume of water for the communities. There is a marked increase in the number of women engaged in micro-business and girls attending school since the implementation of this project. [Project Report: -1- | -2- ]

Water and Sanitation in the Inner Delta of the Niger (IDN)
This project created sustainable access to water and sanitation for the disadvantaged populations of the IDN and peripheral areas in Mali, an area recovering from civil war with little opportunity for government support. This project includes participatory, innovative, appropriate methods, in a context of Integrated Water Resources Management by the local community. The project involved rehabilitation of existing borewells and shallow dug wells, as well as building new ones; construction of new cesspits, private ECOSAN and improved Pit latrines; building new public latrines and hand-washing stations; and creating drinking devices for cattle. [Project Report]

Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting
In the mountainous community of Palan Buena Vista, a gravity rainwater system was constructed to deliver 70 liters of clean water per day per resident. In addition, latrines have been built for individual home use. Education was conducted on system maintenance, as well as long-term hygiene and sanitation practices. To prevent rainwater run off, the project also included preservation and reforestation of the local watershed. Workshops on land management practices that promote an ecological approach also were conducted for the community. [Project Report]

Solar-powered Water System, Latrines, Stoves, and Health/Hygiene Education: San Juan de Pablo & Trinidad
In order to help the community establish stable economic conditions, a solar electric-powered pump gravity distribution water system was created. Reforestation of the nearby watershed also contributed to improved water resources. 93 latrines were installed, along with 10 fuel-efficient stoves. The community was trained in hygiene practices and sustainable environmental practices. [Project Report]

Construction of two bore holes at Maposeni and Zimanimoto Secondary Schools in Songea, Tanzania
Two boreholes were constructed to provide sustainable safe drinking water for the students, teachers of the Maposeni and Zimanimoto Secondary Schools and their surrounding communities. Extensive water analysis was conducted to ensure the high quality of the new water source. Students are able to spend more time on their studies, their attendance rates have increased, and there are fewer diarrhea patients at the local hospital. [Project Report]

Water & Hygiene training for Amononeno Primary School
A 55-meter deep well was drilled to provide safe drinking water for the students and teachers at Amononeno Primary School in northern Uganda. The school set up a Water Source and Sanitation Committee to maintain and protect the new water source. Sanitation and hygiene education was incorporated into the school’s curriculum. Topics included latrine use, latrine construction and maintenance, why it is important to use latrines, hand-washing, and safe water transportation and storage. [Project Report]