Help mothers give their kids safe drinking water..

Summary

Provide a well for the remote rural village of Kpalanpa Clean water gives children the opportunity to attend school and get an education, rather than walking miles to collect water everyday progress report read updates from the field

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	£6 - One bag of cement... the life blood of any construction project and our biggest expense
	£9 - A days wages for a local artisan to mix and pour cement
	£31 - Two spades, a pickaxe and a bucket used in the digging of the well
	£63 - Lorry full of stones needed in the mixing of concrete
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The village has no running water, electricity or basic sanitation. Life expectancy is very low and many children die before their fifth birthday. The villagers (about 150 people) drink their water from a dirty muddy hole. The small hole is used by animals too. A clean water supply can help prevent diseases like diarrhea, cholera and typhoid. It also provides, dignity and a chance for a better future. Education, raises up strong leaders, making it possible to break the cycle of poverty.

Activities

With your support we can help with technical knowledge, cement, tools and a simple hand pump to enable the locals to dig their own well and then train the villagers to maintain the pump so it lasts for up to 20 years.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £979
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £5,299
Total Funding Goal: £6,278

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This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

4,500 children die everyday from water related diseases. We're working to prevent waterborne disease and help people stay healthy. Clean water offers children improved health, a better quality of life and hope for a bright future via education

Project Message

A well in a small village is similar to a Mall in a western city. People gather and meet at the well, boys flirt with girls children play whilst waiting for their turn to pump water. It is invaluable.
- Neil Kerfoot, Project Office

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Neil Kerfoot,

The Old Sweet Shop
Teme Street
Tenbury Wells, Worcs wr15 8BB
United Kingdom
UK 07590 323 770
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Organisation

Village by Village
The Old Sweet Shop
Teme Street
Tenbury Wells, Worcs WR15 8BB
United Kingdom
07590323770

Learn more about Village by Village and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Ghana and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Ghana, read the Human Development Report on Ghana or the Wikipedia entry for Ghana.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on January 30, 2012.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 29, 2009.

Latest Update from the Field

Cholera Outbreak

By Neil Kerfoot - CEO, September 24, 2011 10:36 AM

Mr Le-man who died from cholera....

The area we work in around the villages we support was hit by an outbreak of cholera during August 2011, killing five people in the village. One cause of cholera is poor sanitation and a lack of clean water so it really focuses our need for access to clean water. We had planned to travel to the area with a team of volunteers but had to cancel the trip as our Trustees felt the risk was too great for the volunteers.

With the downturn in the global economy, fundraising has been disappointing and we are more than a year into the project; we have only raised 15% of our targeted amount.

Total Funding Received to Date: £979
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £5,299

Total Funding Goal: £6,278

We return to the villages at the end of Oct 2011 with a team of volunteers and will hopefully get to spend the money we have raised so far on water and sanitation education for the village who need it so badly and work with the local Distict Asssembly for them to provide the well as our funding for this project has slowed down.

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