Project: Well, pump & water lines (final report)
May 20th, 2009 by Ed de Jong
This water project: Start November 2008 – End march 2009
Water Project Pictures
The aim was to provide the Akumalam school and village community with clean drinking water. In October 2009 the coordinators carried out a feasibility study to donate clean water to the school, the church and the village community. As part of the the organizational activities, during the visit some of the core activities were carried out, i.e. donation of school items, evaluation and paying the school fees for orphans and poor kids, social activities (soccer games and handball) were organized by Dorfschulprojekt to enhance the ongoing education at Akumalam. As a step ahead, we decided to improve the health of the community by donating fresh water. The people and pupils in Akumalam normally fetch water from distant water points, in the dry seasons, the water points dry up! Thus, this initiative to donate water was more than a necessity for the village inhabitants and for the village school pupils.
With the assistance of Anye and the engineering staff of RUWAS based in Cameroon, a well was drilled both at the school and at centre of the village. This construction work was completed within 11 weeks. Both wells are equiped with hand pumps, washable filters and a storage tank capacity of 2.000 litre each. The pupils and villagers can now collect clean water from the storage tanks via the installed water lines. The direct beneficiaries of the project are about 1,400 inhabitants in the village and the school Akumalam. This project was handed over by Pa henry, Anye and Horst to the school pupils and the people of Akumalam on the 30.03.2009.
The handing over ceremony was celebrated with a lot of activities, traditional dances, soccer game of FC Bamenda (2nd Division), many speeches and thank you messages from the people of Akumalam.
Presently, the people and pupils of Akumalam are grateful of their drinkable water which has been donated by numerous donors. Drinking cups were also donated to all the school kids during the handing over ceremony.
Special thanks to all our sponsors, without mentioning all the names, but we are grateful for your support and and financial assistance.
Total project cost: 5.700 Euros
Thank you all,
the coordinators, Dorfschulprojekt
pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/akumalam