Clean Drinking Water for Urban and rural in Egypt

Summary

This project seeks to provide clean potable water for neediest people in urban and rural areas in Egypt. Approximately 60% of rural Moroccans lack piped potable water. Unhealthy drinking water causes frighteningly high infant mortality (many families lose half their children to water-borne diseases), shorter life spans and reduced energy for livelihoods. Further, time spent to procure non-potable water adds to the already substantial burden of women and girls and prevents their participation i

$100,000
total goal

$90,373
remaining

15
donors

2
monthly donors

1
fundraiser

1
year

Challenge

Lacking potable water, villagers drink from irrigation ditches and streams that contain high rates of harmful micro-organisms (due to being open and pre-used by upstream communities and animals). The terrain is such that there is no water table to access with wells. Springs are usually in areas extremely far or inaccessible from villages - such as rocky escarpments near the top of mountains. Infant mortality reaches 250 deaths per 1,000 births, more than 4 times the official national average.in

Solution

To provide potable water to to the neediest people in rural and urban areas, the project establishes essential infrastructure - a gravity-flow water system that pipes pure water from distant springs to reservoirs built above village, from which water runs through distribution systems to public taps near houses, schools and mosques. The project uses local building techniques, knowledge and resources - to ensure that appropriate ongoing maintenance occurs.

Long-Term Impact

Long-term goals are: 1) completion of potable water systems for the most neediest people; 2) reduction in water-borne diseases and halving of infant mortality; 3) greater awareness of health issues and changes in hygiene and sanitation practices;; 5) heightened capacities to maintain water systems and initiate development activities;