The village of Gamda Bramnia is facing a severe water crisis. Ongoing droughts have left the community’s 5,000 people with a seriously limited water supply. Although there was once a well available in the village, it is now dry. Families have no other option but to rely on a privately owned well located in the village’s outskirts. To gather sufficient water from this source, Gamda Bramnia’s women must make multiple trips back and forth from the well, forcing them to carry heavy pots for 3 to 4 hours each day.

This project will address the serious need for reliable water sources in Gamda Bramnia. It will fund the installation of two hand pumps, each of will provide 35 of the village’s families with access to a new, stable well. The wells will be constructed 1 to 2 kms away from each other so that their water can be used by as much of the Gamda Bramnia community as possible. Become the Citizen Philanthropist for this project and partner with Gamda Bramnia’s villagers to ensure they have two new sources of water for their daily use.

Gamda Bramnia is a large village of approximately 5,000 people in Rajasthan, India. Villagers rely on agriculture as their primary source of income, in part because there are few other employment opportunities available. Families with 6 members live on the $20 to $30 that parents earn each month. In addition, many residents supplement these earnings by growing common crops such as maize, lentils, and peppers for their personal consumption.

The most pressing challenge that faces Gamda Bramnia’s population is the village’s lack of a stable water supply. Currently, village women spend 3 to 4 hours every day making multiple trips to gather water from a privately owned well. The only water source that is nearby the villagers’ homes is a well that has gone dry. Tragically, severe droughts have worsened the conditions that face Gamda Bramnia’s villagers and without the proper intervention, will continue to do so.

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Direct Impact of Your Project

• Ensures 70 families have access to a reliable, safe water source
• Improves the health and sanitation conditions of the communities that compose Gamda Bramnia
• Reduces the incidence of water-borne illnesses among at least 420 people
• Saves women and other community members approximately 3 to 4 hours every day that they previously dedicated to gathering water
• Employs one SEWA engineer and several local laborers

Extended Impact on Your Partner Community

• Enables villagers to use newly available time to pursue income-earning activities or care for their families
• Improves the earning potential and quality of life of the Gamda Bramnia community