Our first village Bafaluto
April 03 2009
OUR FIRST VILLAGE: BAFALUTO
Bafaluto has now had clean water for 15 months and used 6,500 Cubic Metres, which translates to about 21 litres per person per day . World Health Organisation calculates that folks need between 35 litres/ day to live a healthy life. The most recent figures I found on the web for usage in USA showed a daily average per person of 80 gallons, (at 3.8 liters / US gallon) that’s 304 lts / day.
The benefits are so obvious, everyone looks so much healthier and the children have clear skin and bright eyes.
The Garden Committee are well organised using a specfic donation for new ropes and buckets and also kept some of the funds for seeds. They hope to expand their small plots and make larger commercial areas for tomatoes in the next harvest as at that time there will be a better market demand for those.
Another group are getting involved in the beehive training and an account is being set up to bring the bee hive revenue (about £800 a year all being well) into the village cooperative contributing to the water maintenance. The 4 folks looking after the bees get a 1/3, another 1/3 goes to theVillage Development Fund and a 1/3 is saved to provide additional beehives & training for other villages. Here are photos showing the growth in the garden at Bafaluto in March,the beehives ready for placing in the jungle,the harvest starting and the garden committee receiving a cheque for new ropes ,buckets and seeds.
