Self-supporting community- based mitigation program that provides arsenic safe water using modified dugwells along with public education on water related health effects.
Narrative
This borewell # PW131BRNB3 is in Bornobariya village of Gaighata block of North 24 Parganas district. Bijoy Krishno Das donated the site for the community.
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Suparna Mondol of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_overbudget Tue 18 Feb 2014, Almost 11 Years ago
Health meeting has been finished. Total-39.
- Impact Assessment (M&E) Phase Project completed on 31 Jul, 2010 Implementation Phase
- Implementation Phase Project started on 1 Nov, 2009 Preparation Phase
Self-supporting community- based mitigation program that provides arsenic safe water using modified dugwells along with public education on water related health effects.
Narrative
This borewell # PW131BRNB3 is in Bornobariya village of Gaighata block of North 24 Parganas district. Bijoy Krishno Das donated the site for the community.
Other Issues
Unusual and unexpected issues faced during project execution
Construction of a bore-dugwell is complete. Waiting for pictures. The arsenic test and application of the disinfectant are scheduled. The community will be trained to apply the disinfectant and field workers will visit the bore-dugwell for two years or until the user community feels confident to take the responsibility of the bore-dugwell.
Impact
People Impacted: 58
People Getting Safe Drinking Water: 58
According to the register record of July 2011 the total consumers=58; Families=13; Male=29, Female=29, children <5 = 5 and students =24.
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8 families: Male=11; Female=19, Children=4
old: 5 families using this water drinking& cooking purpose. water level 14 ft.
Maintenance/Operating Costs Annual, in US$: $40
Creating and measuring long-term impact
Implementer: Project Well & Aqua Welfare Society
Aqua Welfare Society, AWS, is the partner NGO of Project Well. Their office is based in the North 24 Parganas. The 7 honorary board members are located in Kolkata. There were only 5 field workers who were interacting with the villagers and beneficiaries, training the users on maintenance of the dugwells, organizing village meetings and health meetings. This year four more field workers including a management trainee have been contracted due to expansion of the program to other districts like Nadia and Murshidabad. A technical advisor of AWS is based in Kolkata who visits the village occasionally and one awareness programmer who is in charge of awareness programs in the communities and educational institutions. There is an accountant and also a data entry person on part time basis.
Funding
- funded:
- $800