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This
award winning project was started in 2006 by
the then club president, Richard Pither and member
John Baines. Since then it
has received support from
clubs throughout the Rotary District 1080 (East of
England
).
Richard and John have worked regularly
with the project in
Zambia
and
visited all of the
benefiting communities.
The project work is carried out by Village Water,
a
UK
based
charity that carries out a Water and
Sanitation project in the Western Province of
Zambia. They deliver clean
water for the first time
to rural communities by the installation of hand
dug wells with concrete ring linings and an India
Mk 2 hand pump. They put
great emphasis on
hygiene training for each community and ensure
that a sustainable maintenance programme is in
place. For more information
see
www.villagewater.org
Donations are matched by generous grants from
The Rotary Foundation and over $150,000 will
have been delivered to the project in 3 years
benefiting over 15,000 people. The
Rotary Club
of Kusinta-Lusaka has assisted in delivering the
project.
2007 – 12 new wells completed and sponsored
by different club in
UK
2008 – 17 new wells completed and sponsored
by Rotary clubs in
UK
,
France
and
Denmark
2009 – 14 new wells are planned that have
been sponsored by UK Rotary clubs.
See a full library of project pictures at http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/1080inZambia
For further information contact rpither@metronet.co.uk |
