plan 8RWHT Faith in Christ Primary School, Allentown/Freetown
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Implementation Dates:
Oct 2005 to
Jan 2006
Focus: Drinking Water - Schools
and Drinking Water - Community
Planned Impact: 1,200 people
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Status: Plan accepted
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Peer Review
Reviewers Assigned: 3
Reviews Submitted: 0
Discussion Participants: 2
Map of Plan & Projects
Focus
Primary Focus: Drinking Water - Schools
Secondary Focus: Drinking Water - Community
People Getting Safe Drinking Water:
1,200
720 students and 10 teachers at the school as well as about 500 people in the surrounding area are benefiting directly from the tank. Additionally the families of the children are indirect beneficiaries since the children suffer less from poor quality wat
School Children Getting Water:
720
People Getting Sanitation:
0
Drinking Water Project – includes no sanitation issues
People Getting Other Benefits:
Start Date: 2005-10-02
Completion Date: 2006-01-02
Technology Used:
Rain Water Harvesting Tank equipped with Indian Mark II hand pump and connections to the schools roof.
Phases:
Done in one phase
Community Organization:
A committee has been formed to supervise the usage of the tank. This committee consists of 9 persons including the headmaster of the school, a teachers representative, the Project Manager of Safer Future YDP and several community members.
The major role of the committee is to guarantee the longest life time for the tank and its hand pump and also to educate the community and the students how to handle their new water suppliant, as well as treat the water when it is necessary.
Government Interaction:
Ancillary activities:
Training of responsible people on how to treat chlorine the water and how to keep the well in good condition
Several Meetings were hold to ensure community ownership and committee building.
Other Issues:
Maintenance Revenue:
Usage Fees:
Students: 500 Le (20 US-Cent) per Term
Community-Members: 200 Le (8 US-Cent) for each bucket of Water
Maintenance Cost:
Metrics:
Prior art before metrics
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Rating: 7
review by Blue Planet Network
This application needs to address how the community will afford to chlorinate water and maintain the well. Would like to see sanitation education on not washing dishes with water from previous source.
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Not Reviewed
by East Meets West Foundation
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Rating: 6
review by WaterAid
WaterAid's guiding principles require us to look for solutions that are responsive to local needs, integrated (combining water, sanitation, and hygiene education providing the best health and poverty outcomes for poor communities), replicable, sustainable, and accountable.
With these guiding principles in mind, and given the scope of the four proposals WaterAid was asked to review, and the information provided in each proposals, we found the 10 school roof RWH systems in W. Bengal submitted by Barefoot College to be the most compelling of the three Rain Water Harvesting projects (10 School roof RWH systems in Assam also submitted by Barefoot College and RWHT Faith in Christ Primary School, Allentown/Freetown, Sierra Leone submitted by Safer Future being the other two projects). Water tables are dropping in many parts of India and water resources need to be managed carefully. Where groundwater is scarce, rainwater harvesting in schools and communities has been a successful supplement to other water sources.
CARE’s Ramal de Tierra Firme Project was unique in terms of its scale and scope compared with the other three proposals and the scope of WaterAid’s current project work.
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