By Huma Aslam | Project Lead
As per the Constitution of Pakistan and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, of which Pakistan is a signatory, water is recognized as a basic human right and the state is under obligation to provide safe drinking water to every citizen. Despite this, a large majority of our country’s population is deprived of this basic right. Pakistan is among the top 10 countries of the world with a major chunk of population living without access to safe water.
Mirpurkhas is among the most water-stressed district of Pakistan. This district also rank in the low human development index in Pakistan. The majority of the population of this district depends on farming, livestock, but due to extreme water shortage, since the last couple of years has badly affected made their lives. As a result, people are compelled to buy drinking water from the market and bring water for domestic use from far flung areas.
The only affordable solution to end drinking water shortage is to install water hand pumps and fetch the fresh water from the ground. The main advantage of hand pumps is that they are one of the most economical and simple solutions for providing a collective supply of drinking water in rural areas and suburban environments. They also help to eliminate the risks of people, and children in particular, falling into open wells.
They can be installed anywhere where the ground water is fresh. Community use it mostly for drinking and cooking purpose. Hand pumps are manually operated pumps; they use human power and mechanical advantage to move fluids or air from one place to another.
Here in Mirpurkhas installation of hand pump cost ranges from 150$-300$ depending on the depth of the fresh water availability in the ground. This included the cost of the hand pump, the pipes and other material, labor and transport. These pumps are installed within 2 to 4 months after the donation is received, dependent on our surveyors who access the location and feasibility of every location before commencement. Approximately 300+ beneficiaries can have water from these pumps in a day.
With your generous support, ARTS Foundation is practically active to ensure the provision of clean drinking water by installing hand-pumps in remote/rural areas.
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