Borehole Rehabilitation

Borehole rehabilitation in Garalol, Mauritania

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Complete

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Location

Garalol
Brakna, Mauritania

Description
Goals
Sustainability

The existing water well is not deep enough and will be drilled deeper. In addition, the water tank and pump will be repaired.

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Target benchmarks

1 functioning water systems
3000 persons with access to improved water for 30 years

The main goal is to provide the people of Garalol with safe drinking water. The rehabilitated borehole will provide sufficient water of good quality, for the whole village, for the next 30 years.
The long term goal is to reduce child mortality and improve the overall health of the villagers

Target benchmarks

1 functioning water systems
3000 persons with access to improved water for 30 years

Sustainability of the project is guaranteed by emphasising capacity building of the local people. They have ownership over the project and put in a lot of work and financial contribution.
To be able to maintain the water well properly, an estimation of exploitation costs has been made. The villagers will have to pay a little for the water they take from the well, where the tariff is different for villagers with less financial resources. The collected money will be used for the operation and maintenance of the water system.

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Luuk Diphoorn

2009-10-15 11:08

On the 27th of September 2009 Martin Vliet celebrated his birthday. He used this opportunity to raise funds for this project. In total he managed to raise €700, which in turn has been dubbeld by Aqua for All. Martin: Thank you so much for your efforts, I’m sure the people in Mauritania are very grateful!

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Project finished! Fresh water for Garalol

2010-02-17 00:42 by Victor Hanenburg, Silent Work, via web

Access to fresh water - Garalol

The project is finished. The 3000 villagers of Garalol have access to fresh drinking water. There is enough water for at least 30 years. The health situation of the people will quickly improve and especially the child mortality rate is expected to decrease significantly.