Solar-Powered Well for a Health Clinic in Niger

I am thrilled to be able to report that we fully funded our fifth health care facility water system, which is being constructed in the village of Karami Tsofoua.

The goal of the project is to contribute toward improved quality of healthcare through access to water on-site at the Karambi Tsofoua Health Care Facility (HCF). The main objective is to provide safe and accessible water at points of care for better sanitation and hygiene practices at the HCF and in the community. Access to water and other WASH services can help increase the visits to the HCF children younger than 5 years old. Access to drinking water also will reduce the amount of household tasks for women and girls who can use their free time for other endeavors such as income-generating activities.

To achieve the goals of this project, key activities include:

• Conduct a technical feasibility study
• Drill a borehole on-site at the HCF
• Test the water yield and quality (must meet World Health Organization standards)
• Install pumping equipment, including a Grundfos submersible pump and accessories
• Install and connect the solar-powered system made of solar panels with wiring
• Install a stainless-steel overhead water tank (15-cubic-meter capacity)
• Construct a distribution tap in the courtyard for use by all visitors
• Construct a pipeline network to connect all distribution points outside and inside the facility, including taps in care and delivery rooms
• Construct distribution taps in the community for household use

While there have been some delays due to the political instability in Niger, we are hopeful that project will be completed by January of 2024.

Thank you, as always, for your support as we work to bring safe water to more villages and health care facilities in Niger.

Warmly,

Kate

We’re so grateful for your continued support of Wells Bring Hope and especially for helping to complete our fourth water project at a health care clinic. Thanks to your gift and the gifts of 36 others, a mechanized solar-powered water system has been installed at the Kouroungoussao Health Clinic in rural Niger.

There is now clean, running water in all three treatment rooms and new handwashing stations allow access to safe water by simply turning on a tap. Women who are about to give birth no longer bear the burden of carrying water for use in their deliveries. The local community also benefited from this new water system through a tap stand that has been built in the village. 

We’re now working hard to fund a fifth water project for the Karambi Tsofoua health clinic that will provide a total of 15 taps and serve over 12,000 people!  We have already raised over half of the $50,000 needed, and with your help, we’ll raise the rest in time for construction to begin in July.

Thank you, as always, for your support.