By Samirah Faruk | Project Leader
Dear Supporters, Friends and Family of Serendipity,
It is estimated worldwide that over 900 million people do not have access to safe clean drinking water of which 84% are in rural dwellings (WHO/UNICEF 2010). This figure however has improved as currently 700 million people do not have access to improved water sources. This is a far cry from 2010 and we still have a long way to go to at least half this figure come 2030 in order to meet the sustainable development goal 6.
Improved groundwater supplies (particularly drilled and hand[1]dug water wells) provide a significant proportion of rural dwell[1]ers with access to safe water within a reasonable distance of their home. Groundwater is almost ubiquitous in nature and can be developed relatively cheaply and progressively to meet de[1]mand. It often has a lower capital cost than surface water, gen[1]erally has excellent natural quality and can normally be used without treatment. Groundwater always has some cover which protects it from the threat of pollution from human activities. This is because the processes of natural attenuation in the un[1]saturated zone (i.e. above the water table) work to reduce or eliminate contamination of the groundwater system (ARGOSS 2001). There have been considerable developments since the 1960s in water lifting technologies, with numerous high-quality, afforda[1]ble pumps available on the market. In addition, the water-well drilling industry is growing in many countries. However, there are still major concerns regarding the construction quality and cost of drilled water wells in many developing countries.
Groundwater is the black gold that we have in Africa, and it entails utmost care with professional drilling services to ensure that the right aquifer is reached, and thus adequate water is provided for our rural communities lasting for 10-15 years.
At Serendipity one of our goals is to ensure we are transparent and accountable to our communities in terms of provision of access to safe cleaning drinking water. As with all the projects we have worked on, with partnership with our community members, the first step is to get a geophysical and hydrogeology report done for the right water table that will last for a long time.
Second step we did is to put up a call for tender to construct additional 15 new handpumps, rehabilitate 5 handpumps, the outcome is for 1million 5 hundred thousand additional persons to have access to safe clean drinking water because of your kind donations.
Tender has been advertised in one of our dailies and responses have been coming in. The tender will be opened in two weeks’ time after the deadline elapsed and the successful bidder will start work on the projects.
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Thank you,
Samirah Faruk
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