Drinking water for the Kailash Hostel in Nepal

Summary

To supply drinking water to the Kailash Hostel in Kathmandu Nepal, home to 100 children. The current water supply for the hostel comes from a 300 feet bore-well but the water is not palatable. project reportread updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $10,000 was raised for this project.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

US$ 10,000 to construct a collection tank, run a 1.5 km pipe line through the village to the hostel, and install outlet pipes along the way. Approximately 500 people from the village will benefit from clean drinking water as well as 100 children from the Kailash Hostel.

Activities

Construction of a water collection tank. Laying of a 1.5 km pipe line and fitting of outlet pipes along the line to enable the villagers easy access to the water.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $10,000

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Project Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $10,000 .  The original project funding goal was $10,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The Villagers and Children will be provided with clean drinking water for daily consumption. This will also reduce the long term risks of serious health problems.

Project Message

The supply of clean, fresh drinking water for the Kailash Hostel will have provide immeasurable benefits for our children without the fear of becoming ill from a contaminated supply.
- Steve Webster, Development Coordinator

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Micheline Kramer
President
851 Georgia Avenue
Winter Park, Florida 32789
United States
407 629 5235
Email:

Project Sponsor

Micheline Kramer

Organization

Himalayan Youth Foundation
851 Georgia Avenue
Winter Park, FL 32789
United States
407-6295235

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in NepalNepal and can also be found under MicrofinanceMicrofinance.

For more information about Nepal, read the Human Development Report on Nepal or the Wikipedia entry for Nepal.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on March 9, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 8, 2009

Latest Update from the Field

project completed

By Steve Webster - Project Coordinator, March 09, 2010 04:23 PM

Cleaning the water tankWork crew from AKIS school DoharWater project participantswater tap installed at hosteldigging trenches for pipes
The Kailash Hostel now has a new fresh water supply thanks to the generous donations of our sponsors through Global Giving. The project was completed on 20th February and also received the assistance of the AKIS school from Dohar and 25 students also helped in digging trenches and laying pipes.

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