By Dr. ASIF MAHMOOD JAH, SITARA-e-IMTIAZ | PROJECT LEADER
The quest for quenching the thirst of drought-hit people of Thar continues by the Customs Health Care Society(CHCS) in collaboration with GLobal Giving Funds under the project, "Drinking Water for 40 villages of Thar" in Pakistan.CHCS has already completed 11 water wells with the help of disbursement amount of donations from Global giving and local funds from the own sources of CHCS.The sweet water from these water wells is quenching the thirst of hundreds of humans as well animals on daily basis.The women of the villages are particularly very happy to find a water well at their doorsteps as previously they had to travel daily 5-7 K.M to fetch water for their families. During the last 2 months, 3 new wells of fresh, sweet water have been completed which immediately started benefitting the humans as well as animals as is evident from the attached photos.Thar is one of the most remote but beautiful deserts of Pakistan where the only source of getting drinking water is the manually dug wells.
2. The three new water wells have been completed with the help of local population who actively participated in the digging process.As soon as a well is completed in a village, the whole population of the village gathers around the water well and celebrates the occasion by distributing sweets among the children. After the completion of the water well in a village, a committee is constituted by the CHCS in order to supervise the working of the water well and report in case of any damage or repair. This has worked a lot for the smooth running of water wells during the coming years as it creates a sense of ownership among the locals and them look after the water well with utmost care and diligence. The People of the area told us that a duly maintained water well remains operative and keeps providing fresh, sweet and hygienic water for 50 to 100 years at least.
3. CHCS is very grateful to the GlobalGiving and donors all over the World for donating to the project. However, the donors all over the World are kindly requested to donate generousely to the project so that more water wells for the providing fresh, sweet and hygienic water could be completed.
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