Sirumayangudi
Project Snapshot
Country: India
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude 10.893267
Longitude 78.859400
Impact:
Total Served: 650
Status: Completed (?)
Completion Date (or estimate): 11/01/2009
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This new well serves a village of about 650 people, mostly agricultural laborers. Before this well was installed they did not have a protected source of water. The well in use was unreliable and filled with garbage (you can see pictures of it below). Today, thanks to the generosity of individual donors to The Water Project, these families are enjoying clean and safe drinking water.
Our implementing partner noted about their visit,
"Arriving at this place and experiencing the fireworks and the celebration was a tad overwhelming but when you consider what they had previously to what exists now, it’s no wonder they were excited to have us and show off their new water source."
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Sponsors
Groups:
Individuals from March 13, 2009 - October 16, 2009 who gave to "Wells for India"
Country Details
India
- Population: 1.16 Billion
- Lacking clean water: 11%
- Below poverty line: 25%
- Climate: Varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
- Languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Urdu
- Ethnic Groups: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3%
- Life Expectancy: 69 years
- Infant Mortality Rate: 55 deaths per 1000 live births
Partner Profile
Wells for Life
Wells for Life® is seeking to address the problem in India one well
at a time, and to do so from a holistic perspective by first addressing
the physical needs of the individual and then their community. We are
seeking to accomplish this task through forming partnerships with other
organizations that share the same passion we do for meeting one of the
most basic needs: the need for water.Wells for Life® continues to receive requests for water wells in different rural villages and communities throughout India. It is our vision to meet every viable request presented to us, and to do it in a sustainable way with lasting impact. We seek to carry out our projects with the wholehearted participation of the receiving community and to work with the community. Taking ownership of the well project, they will keep it a life giving source of water for years to come.
With each of our projects we utilize the expertise of Indian professionals trained in engineering, hydrogeology, and construction as well gain the help of the receiving community to carry out the project. Furthermore, it is our goal to establish the location of each project on property that will afford equal access to all those within the village or community, regardless of one's faith or caste.
Finally, it is our hope that each project initiated will bring immediate relief and be a building block for future projects for all those we are in partnership with.
