Making drinking water accessible in poor rural areas Bandi Sarara (upper region), UC Pattan Kalan, District Abbottabad, 20 November 2014 Only 38 per cent of Khyber Pakhtunkhwas rural population is able to open a tap to get water (PSLM 2011-12). In most poor villages women walk for hours to fetch water to drink, cook or use for household needs. Their lives are harder, their workloads tougher, their days longer. The Foundation and its local partners in UC Pattan Kalan eased the burdens of the poor in the area. The repaired a drinking water scheme so that piped water now reaches about 500 poor homes. The gravity-flow scheme spread across the union councils mountainous region was dysfunctional after the 2005 earthquake destroyed its water storage tank and damaged its pipes. The Foundation and local people improved access to the water source, rebuilt the storage tank and repaired pipes delivering water to homes. The work was completed in three months, July-September 2014. Its total cost was Rs.684,000 of which Rs.547,200 was financial assistance made available by the Foundation through a Pakistani philanthropist. The Foundation also provided technical assistance. The balance amount was given by local people in the from of labour and construction oversight. The scheme is important in easing the burdens placed by poverty. The Foundations approach of bringing local people together to work collaboratively builds cohesion and mutual trust and also promotes democratic values of inclusiveness and accountability.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 14:32:45 +0000
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