Relief and Rebuilding from Nepal Earthquake

by The Mountain Fund
Relief and Rebuilding from Nepal Earthquake

Project Report | Feb 9, 2016
Water restored to the village

By Scott MacLennan | Project Leader

The spring where water originates
The spring where water originates

The quakes in Nepal caused the water supply in Mankhu village to drop by over 50%.  People were optomistic that after the monsoons the water supply would return but it did not. As a farm community in the hilly country of Nepal water for irrigation of crops and livestock is crucial. Months after the quakes fields lay fallow for lack of irrigation, milk production is down as there isn't enough water to care properly for dairy cows and several houses in the village don't have any drinking water at all and have to carry it from a neighbors house, though the nieghbor barely has any to spare. That was our situation. 

Thanks to you, that is no longer our situation. We were able to obtain a piece of land not terrribly far from the village where there was a very large spring that was producing abundant water. More than 38 local people worked for weeks to install tanks, trench for piping and install the piping. At the end, there is now 20,000 liters of water per day reaching the village from this new water resource. At Her Farm, our project in the village, we had built a 10,000 in-ground concrete water tank just prior to the quakes and that tank is now full. From that tank we are able to connect further pipes that join it to the main tank used by the community for water. A few homes who are not connected to that system we are now running pipes to so that soon, there is enough water for all. 

I am uploading photos of all this but apologize they are not of high quality. Given the location and terrain most were shot on a mobile phone. 

Trenching for the pipe
Trenching for the pipe
Plastic pipe, a lot of it
Plastic pipe, a lot of it
Laying pipe
Laying pipe
Ah! water
Ah! water
Fields irrigated
Fields irrigated
Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

About Project Reports

Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.

If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.

Sign up for updates

Organization Information

The Mountain Fund

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico - USA
Website:
Facebook: Facebook Page
X / Twitter: Profile
The Mountain Fund
Scott MacLennan
Project Leader:
Scott MacLennan
International Director
Albuquerque , New Mexico United States

Funded Project!

Combined with other sources of funding, this project raised enough money to fund the outlined activities and is no longer accepting donations.
   

Still want to help?

Find another project in Nepal or in Disaster Response that needs your help.
Find a Project

Learn more about GlobalGiving

Teenage Science Students
Vetting +
Due Diligence

Snorkeler
Our
Impact

Woman Holding a Gift Card
Give
Gift Cards

Young Girl with a Bicycle
GlobalGiving
Guarantee

Get incredible stories, promotions, and matching offers in your inbox

WARNING: Javascript is currently disabled or is not available in your browser. GlobalGiving makes extensive use of Javascript and will not function properly with Javascript disabled. Please enable Javascript and refresh this page.