By Markus Faigle | Volunteer Project Director
It is a great pleasure and exciting for us to announce: Our second village of Fiarenana now has clean water, too!
For many years, the well in our schoolyard was the only source of uncontaminated groundwater for the community.
So how was it accomplished? Our very active and engaged teacher had heard that Caritas, a Catholic charity, was accepting proposals or requests for a clean water system. He got hold of the application, applied for the project, and was successful. We are very proud of our teacher for being proactive and congratulate him on his wonderful success!
A team working for Caritas came to the village and built a pipe system from the nearby mountain all the way to the village. This is the same mountain that feeds the clean water system in Fiadanana for over 12 years now. Communal faucets throughout the village provide clean and safe drinking water for everybody. They also went the extra mile and put a faucet in the school’s yard.
This is an important milestone for us. It is the first time in over a decade that a third party undertook a major project, without financial involvement from Zahana. It is also a first that the request was initiated by one of our teachers who lives in the village.
Happy drinking, washing and cooking with clean water in Fiarenana for years to come!
Ihanta and Markus
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