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 site #PW 207, is in Beltala Badhtiyaof Baduriya block in the district of N 24 Parganas. Awjet Mondol donated the site for the community.
31st December: Boring and digging is complete. Housing is ongoing. Photo is pending.
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Farida Bibi of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_late Tue 17 Dec 2013, Almost 11 Years ago
give the hand over packege
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Farida Bibi of Project WellImplementation Status: completed Tue 30 Oct 2012, Almost 12 Years ago
there is 15 ft water. 300ml theoline was given. 10 families. 50 people. good water drinking and cooking.
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Meera Hira-Smith of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_late Tue 20 Mar 2012, Over 12 Years ago
construction is complete
construction is complete
- Impact Assessment (M&E) Phase Project completed on 31 Dec, 2011 Implementation Phase
- Implementation Phase Project started on 30 Nov, 2010 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 site #PW 207, is in Beltala Badhtiyaof Baduriya block in the district of N 24 Parganas. Awjet Mondol donated the site for the community.
31st December: Boring and digging is complete. Housing is ongoing. Photo is pending.
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Learnings
Knowledge of project and process for sharing
Construction of bore-dugwell, boring and digging, should complete before the monsoon or rainy season. We have learnt that even after boring is completed, digging cannot be done when the water table is high without using heavy duty water pump. However, low ordinary pump is used when the water to be pumped out is maximum 4 feet in the dugwell. Pilot testing should be done as soon as the sites are selected in the month of November - January. so that there will be time to finish digging before onset of the monsoon if the site gets cancelled.
Impact
People Getting Safe Drinking Water: 53
Registers will be created as soon as the community starts using the water from this bore-dugwell.
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 North 24 Parganas. The seven honorary board members are located in Kolkata. New field workers have been engaged mainly for the surveillance program. There is one project manager, one technical manager, one awareness program manager, two technical assistants, one maintenance assistant, one assistant for data entry, one account assistant and three field workers; three more field workers will be hired. All field staff are constantly interacting with the villagers and beneficiaries, training the users on well maintenance, organizing village meetings and health meetings. The project manager visits the villages three to four times a week and works alongside the field workers, meeting with government officials and villagers, selecting sites, coordinating well construction, sending reports to Project Well and meeting with the members AWS to keep the projects running. The awareness programmer is in charge of conducting public education programs in the communities and educational institutions, which is the other component that makes our program sustainable.
Funding
- funded:
- $1,160