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Clean Water and Sanitation -Rainforest of Peru Photo Gallery
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Village Based Water Committee and Sustainability
Tayakome's H2O and sanitation committee is trained in building, system maintenance, and water quality and safety.
A portable microbiology lab is used to test for harmful "unseen" bacteria in the water supply. Accurate E-coli results were given in 24 hours. The people have a bench mark to know "without doubt" if there water is safe.
Full ownership of the project is turned over to the community after 3 years.
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Flush Latrines and Eco- Friendly Septic System
A bathroom structure with 4 flush latrines (separate sides for the boys and girls) at the village schoolhouse.
Western seat toilets are not used because they are culturally not appropriate.
The septic system discomposes waste naturally and then it becomes fertilizer.
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Slow Sand Filtration Purifies H2O in Tayakome.
Tayakome's village water committee, w/ our project foreman cleaning their slow sand filters. (SSF) SSF is removing up to 99.99% of the bacterias viruses and cysts from their H20 supply since installation in 2009.
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Safe Drinking Water
Safe drinking water now flows to the children at the village schoolhouse and to each village home.The eco friendly bathrooms are being constructed adjacent to this sink at the school.
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Health Education for the Children
The children at the village school are responsible for the regular maintenance of their sink. HOTC reinforces basic health & hygiene education & practices over a 3 year time period.
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Student Participation
All primary school children participate in lending a hand, carrying small amounts of material needed to construct their bathrooms.. They continue to be the light of the project.
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Eco-friendly bathrooms
The village schoolhouse in Tayakome is now equipped with an eco-friendly bathroom for the 70 children that attend class each day.
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Clean H2O Flows to Individual Homes.
Clean H2O flow to each home via a tap stand made from rocks from the local river banks. Each family participated in building their tap stand to promote long term project sustainability.
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H2O Committee Repairs Broken Pipe After Strom.
Tayakome's H2O committee has been trained to repair any damage or leaks in the 6 km water distribution line that runs throughout the village. Recently after a major wind storm in the village a hug tree up rooted took the water main with it. The H2O committee had the broken line fixed within 2 hours.
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Clean hands = good health for the kids of Tayakome
The children of Tayakome have clean water and a tap stand with an eco friendly underground greywater drain directly at their home. --The simple act of hand washing, changes the health of the children.
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Technical Training for H2O & Sanitation Committee.
A water and sanitation committee was elected in Tayakome and receives ongoing technical training (over three yrs) in construction, maintenance and repair of the water and sanitation infrastructure, and how to maintain water quality. Jose, is a Matsigenka Indian, born in Tayakome and has served as a committee member since 2009.
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Monitoring Health Advances in Tayakome.
Yearly health examines are preformed; height, weight with anemia and intestinal parasite testing and treatment to monitor the the health advances with the people now that clean H2O & sanitation infrastructure is in place in the village.
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