Water shortages have created critical health and development problems in Khengarpar village. In order to provide families with enough water for daily use, the village needs seven rainwater harvesting systems that will allow community members to collect and store 35,000 liters of water from the monsoon rains.

The roof rainwater harvesting systems provide the community with a sustainable solution to capture and store rainwater during the monsoon season as well as the infrequent visits from the government water tankard vehicle. Rainwater will be collected through a gully system that is attached to the roof and empties into an underground water tank.
Each reinforced concrete water tank will also include a closed top to keep water clean and devoid debris and pollution, in addition a handpump that will allow families to procure water from the tank with ease. The seven rainwater harvesting systems will be disbursed throughout the village to ensure that every family has easy and reliable access to clean, drinking water.

Khengarpar is a small, remote community of sheep and goat herders in the Kutch desert of Gujarat, India. Families in Khengarpar live on fixed incomes and earn approximately $1 a day from selling their herds of sheep and goats once a year. When not busy with animal husbandry, community members also work on seasonal agriculture and farm their small plots of land with excess water from the monsoon rains.

There is no plumbing, electricity, or public works infrastructure in Khengarpar. Families rely on the monsoon rains or the unreliable government water tankard vehicle that comes to the village once about once a week for drinking water.

Recent droughts and water shortages have created a critical water problem for Khengarpar. The lack of water for washing and cleaning has created health and hygiene problems, and families are unable to obtain enough water to foster a healthy community.

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Direct Impact of Your Project

Provides the entire village of 150 with the infrastructure to collect and store 35,000 liters of clean, drinking water for use during the dry season. Families in Khengarpar will have enough drinking water for year-round use, including water for cooking, cleaning, and washing.

Extended Impact on Your Partner Community

Reliable access to clean, drinking water will greatly increase the health and hygiene of the Khengarpar community. Drinking water collected from the monsoon rains will lessen cases of water-borne disease.

Extra water collected will allow families to irrigate their small plots of land, and grow and sell crops. This will provide Khengarpar families with an additional source of income.