We are currently gathering specifications
for this project. The 200 villagers here spend four hours per day carrying
water up from the stream in the valley below. This project will supply
solar powered water pumping to the top of the hill from where it will
be gravity fed to strategic water collection points. The time saved will
be used by the villagers to improve their living conditions in a sustainable
way. We are looking at all options, including some Australian government
funds which suit this type of overseas aid project. Our Nepali
partner organisation already have this project underway and we visited
the site in July 2007. Australians are supporting committed Nepalis to
achive a long lasting outcome. It involves three staged pumping locations
to lift the water over 500 metres.
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