WELL REPAIR — DEVKI VILLAGE
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Dana, Jill & Robin's Devki Well Repair
Provide more than 20 families in Devki village with safe access to clean, drinking water.
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DANA, JILL & ROBIN'S DEVKI WELL REPAIR
Provide more than 20 families in Devki village with safe access to clean, drinking water.
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DANA, JILL & ROBIN'S DEVKI WELL REPAIR
Provide more than 20 families in Devki village with safe access to clean, drinking water.
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DANA, JILL & ROBIN'S DEVKI WELL REPAIR PROJECT
Provide more than 20 families in Devki village with safe access to clean, drinking water.
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DANA, JILL & ROBIN'S DEVKI WELL REPAIR PROJECT
Provide more than 20 families in Devki village with safe access to clean, drinking water.
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DANA, JILL & ROBIN'S DEVKI WELL REPAIR PROJECT
Provide more than 20 families in Devki village with safe access to clean, drinking water.
This project will repair and deepen the primary well in Devki, allowing it to recharge with ground water. A deeper well will also allow more water to be stored and saved during the monsoons for later use during the dry season. This will supply Devki families with improved access to drinking and cleaning water and alleviate the strain on existing water resources. A parapet safety barrier and a pulley system will also be constructed in order to ensure women and children can safely collect water from the well.
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What?
The well will be deepened 30–50 feet, and the broke walls will be reconstructed with reinforced concrete-cement. The well walls will be raised an additional three feet from ground level and a parapet safety net will be constructed over the top to improve safety measures for water collection.
The well repair also includes the addition of two pulley systems to ensure that women can procure water with ease, and a cement platform will also be built around the base of the well to prevent women from slipping while using the pulleys.
Why?
Devki does not have plumbing, irrigation, or other infrastructure neccessary to provide community members with access to water. Water used for drinking, cooking, agriculture, and cleaning rely on the monsoon rains. As a result, recent droughts and increasingly-shorter monsoon season have created a water shortage problem for the Devki community.
As water becomes more and more scarce, communities are beginning to migrate, leaving those left behind with fewer and fewer resources. Furthermore, clean water is needed for the manufacture of detergent and incense sticks to supplement the income of the poor women of the village.
How?
Local engineers and masons will rent a machine to dig and blast the rock for repairing the existing well. Once the wells are complete, a wall and pulley will be constructed so the women will no longer have to walk down to the bottom to collect the water. Total construction time for each well is expected to be 2 to 3 months.
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Dana, Jill, & Robin's Well Repair Project
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Devki Village June 2009
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Dana, Jill, & Robin's Devki Village Well Repair Project
Dana, Jill & Robin raised $2,350 to repair the well in Devki village
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Lives Impacted: 320
COUNTRY: India
STATE: Rajasthan
COMMUNITY: Devki Village
FIELD PARTNER: SEWA
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OUR PROJECT DONORS
Michael & Marcia K.
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Dana R.
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DL S.
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Matthew B.
Morristown, NJ
Kimberly L.
Hoboken, NJ
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