Clean Water Project Bafaluto

This involved drilling a 6” borehole 80 metres deep. Solar panels were needed to pump the water from this depth to an elevated 20 mt3 Storage Tank from where gravity feeds it to a number of taps throughout the widely scattered village. Mr. Giran Corr, an experienced hydrogeologist, was invaluable to us. This project ran concurrently with the garden work.

We supplied Momodou with a laptop and digital camera getting almost daily emails and pictorial updates on progress. We visited Bafaluto in late November and were not disappointed. There was a great “buzz” about the village, clean water would be running before Tobaski (Dec 20th), the garden was being divided up to plots and each household would have its own area to begin cultivating in January 2008. Project completed within budget and on schedule.

Duration: 5 months

Cost: €55,000

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