Statement of need:

This project will address the following problems and threats:

Problems:
? Shortage of safe-drinking water supply to the school, clinic and residents within the mission/community;
? Difficulty for disabled persons to fetch safe-drinking water from within the steep, deep and shallow well;
? Difficulty for children under age to fetch safe-drinking water from within the well and the risk associated with it;
? The constant scarcity of safe-drinking supply daily within the disabled mission/community during the dry season;
? Pollution within the residency due to the scarcity of water to have those building and clothes adequately washed that could create health hazard to residents especially children;
? Due to the scarcity of safe-drinking and affordable water during the dry season, and due to lack of financial capacity for residents to purchase sag of water for drinking, the community experienced several water-related diseases/illnesses as well.
Threats:
? Increase in water-bond related sicknesses;
? Fear for children wanting to access water from the well losing their lives because of the steepness, deepness and shallowness of the well;
? Lack of sufficient safe-drinking water supply for the school pupils, patients at the clinic and residents within the disabled community/mission;
? Lack of financial assistance to periodically treat the well from related water-bond diseases;


The project principal target species: The project principal target is disabled persons within the disabled community/mission.

The project will work closely with disabled persons within the disabled community, the school and clinic that are also operating within the disabled community/mission.

Goal and objectives:

The long term and sustainable goal will to provide safe-drinking water for persons with disability; the school and clinic within the disabled community/mission thereby enhancing easy accessibility and affordable drinking water.

Objective 1: To improve the enhancement for constant, affordable and safe-drinking water for persons with disability, the school and clinic;

Objective 2: To curtail and/or reduce water-bond diseases/sicknesses within the disabled community through the awareness and sensitization of training/workshop on how to operate the pump for sustainability;

Objective 3: To reduce financial burden on persons with disability through easy and affordable water at all year round and creating a clean and healthy environment.