Water for four villages in Nepal, 8000 euro

In Solu in Nepal, in particular the villages around Mude, people have to walk a long way to get water. The water is usually fetched by children. Each child fetches about 14 to 20 litres of water a day, in a water bag on its back.

The reason for having to walk so far is that it has not snowed in the area around Mude for years, whereas the natural water reserves used to be replenished by the snow. There used to be enough snow for the whole year, for domestic and farming use. These days, however the ground dries up and the wells are empty. There has been no successful harvest of traditional crops, and the nearest wells are a long way to walk to. 

All children have to do a lot of work before they go to school, like feeding cattle and fetching wood. They have often done 2 to 2 ˝ hours of work before school, and they frequently work after school as well. And now they also have to walk a long way to get water. All this affects their attendance and their performance at school.
Sometimes people from these villages have to move elsewhere to survive. 

There is, however, a solution to the problem. The simplest way to get water back to the villages and the school is to lead water from a higher altitude to the villages through pipes and pipelines. The river from which the water would be taken fills up naturally throughout the year.
The pipes will be placed underground, so that they will not spoil the nature and will not easily get damaged.

This plan has been drawn up by volunteers of Namasté Breda foundation. They want to ensure that four villages will have water again 

The local people can pay a small contribution towards this project, and they can help with digging and placing the pipelines, but this is not enough. An additional amount of 8000 euro is needed to realise the project. 

Total €8000,-- 

adopted by the Rubrint Foundation

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