Water & Sanitation
Since 2004, nine springs have been capped and twenty wells constructed, providing safe, clean water for over 12,500 people.
A total of thirteen toilet blocks (benefitting 8,700 pupils and staff) have also been constructed and training days stressing the importance of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) have been run in these communities.
See one of the wells in action.
Cattle troughs have also been constructed at many sites to provide for livestock.
Water from natural springs is often harmful to health for those who drank from it. By capping the spring and building a storage tank, clean, safe water is available for more people.
Communities are equipped with the training and tools to maintain their water collection points.
Using simple, appropriate technology, For-Ethiopia ensures the sustainability of its projects.
Five hand-dug wells have been completed using money raised by the charity.
With the help of a water engineer, a suitable location was identified to construct a well. The well was hand-dug before being lined with concrete rings. A plastic pipe was then inserted and connected to a hand-pump.
The well provides fresh, clean water to many households.
We have employed drilling engineers to oversee this work and see this has proved to be a great opportunity to provide fresh, clean water to areas where a hand-dug well would not be able to reach the water table.
Latest Water & Sanitation News
Arada Well (2007)
A request was received from the local community to solve a water problem for the Arada area…
Korme Spring (2008)
The village of Korme relied on a groundwater spring for all their drinking water. As with many springs…
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As a small charity, we have the benefit of very low overheads. We do not hire professional fundraisers or rent expensive offices.
Because of this we are able to put more of the money directly to projects to benefit those who need it!
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