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Climate Change (GG Green) > Clean Water and Conservation in the Philippines (#1931)
Summary
On the island of Negros, in the Philippines, an innovative pump will bring clean running water to thousands of people in 12 villages and encourage watershed conservation within these communities
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Currently, women and children are having to walk down steep and dangerous hillsides in order to collect water. This task has significantly reduced the villager's standard of living. Yet there is a solution to the problem. AIDFI, a local NGO, in partnership with Green Empowerment, is able to deliver water to these communities using a ram pump, which will allow for the community members to spend their time doing other productive activities. This will take the burden off both women and children.
Donations will go towards the first project that needs funding on the list. Once this project has been funded, the next project on the list will be implemented. With each pump, villagers receive tree seedlings to plant, to preserve the watershed.
Total Funding Received to Date: $5,747
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $3,752
Total Funding Goal: $9,500
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
The installation of ram pumps for these twelve separate sites will benefit these communities in creating a more accessible water system and a healthier environment based on their agreement to protect their watershed in return for the technology.
"I used to have to bring food down to the river for a days laundry; and bring the children too otherwise there would be no-one at home. Now they stay at home and so do I."
- Araceli Carbajosa, Resident of Bagacay, a previous ram pump site
Michel Maupoux
Program Manager
140 SW Yamhill St.
Portland, OR 97204
United States
503-284-5774
Email:
Green Empowerment
140 SW Yahmill Street
Portland,
Oregon
97204
United States
503-284-5774
http://www.greenempowerment.org
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This project is located in Philippines
and can also be found under Climate Change (GG Green).
For more information about Philippines, read the Human Development Report on Philippines or the Wikipedia entry for Philippines.
This project was last updated on February 8, 2010.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 7, 2007
By Michel Maupoux - Program Manager, February 07, 2010 12:57 AM
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