Village communities in West Sikkim constructed rooftop RWH structures connected to hand pumps through a piping system, adopting Barefoot College's local, low-cost solution to provide drinking water to five remote mountaintop-located schools.

Narrative

Originally, the tanks were to be constructed at the Government schools in the following villages of West Sikkim:
Labdang, Dhoopi, Pokhri, Uttrey and Chonri.
The original project was estimated to affect 700 school children.