RURAL WATER IMPROVEMENT

CARE WILL BE OVERALL IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATION AND WILL FIELD WELL CONSTRUCTION TEAMS AND SUPPLY PROJECT SUPERVISION IN CONJUNCTION WITH TWO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENTS FROM THE GOM"S MINISTRY OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS. THE WELLS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED BY HAND AND WILL BE LINED THROUGHOUT WITH CONCRETE CASINGS MADE ON SITE. ALL WELLS WILL BE OF THE CLOSED TYPE AND FITTED WITH A CONCRETE APRON, TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION, AND A CATTLE TROUGH. THE VILLAGES WILL SUPPLY ALL LOCAL MATERIALS AND NON-SPECIALIZED LABOR DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, AS WELL AS SOME MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF PUMPS. BY WORKING ALONG SIDE OF EXPERIENCED WELL-DIGGERS, VILLAGE LABORERS WILL BE TAUGHT SIMPLE TECHNIQUES OF WELL DIGGING. CARE WILL ASSIST IN THE ORGANIZATION OF VILLAGE SANITARY COMMITTEES AND TRAIN MEMBERS IN COMMUNITY HYGIENE AS PERTAINS TO WATER. CARE WILL ALSO TRAIN AN ANTICIPATED 120 VILLAGERS (4 FROM EACH VILLAGE) IN THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF WELLS AND PUMPS.