By Sarah Seltz | Development and Sponsorship Coordinator
The Haslett-Okemos Rotary Club in Michigan (U.S.), in collaboration with Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project, completed a water project to improve access to water for NVSS students and the surrounding community. Increasing access to water involved protecting a water spring and constructing a spring-fed water tank. The main objective of the project was to provide an alternative water source for NVSS in a sustainable manner and to provide clean water to meet the needs for the present and future generations.
NVSS harvests a lot of rain water, however, there are times when the water is not enough- especially during the dry season. This means that students have to walk long distances in search of water. With this new alternative water source, they only have to walk a short distance (less than 10 minutes), from the school to collect clean water from the new spring-fed water source. This access means that your students and the community are able to use clean water more often which keeps them healthy. With clean water there will be a reduction in water borne diseases like typhoid, cholera, dysentery and intestinal worms.
The spring-fed water tank is a Nyaka protected water project within the community, and management of a shared water source like this is a very complex process in such a remote area. The continued success of the project requires high level of cooperation and commitment by all water users. In order to achieve this, a committee of seven people was selected with their major role being maintenance and proper use of the facility and monitoring of water usage. Every user must take the responsibility of this spring-fed tank. The users have been told about the importance of a protected water source and been told not to eat or play at the water source and to always clean their water containers so that they do not to develop molds or algae which can result into water contamination.
YOUR students at NVSS are very thankful for the new spring-fed water tank because it will provide them clean water year round!
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