OSI - Wattegama
Water Line
August, 2007
Having
provided new hygienic bathrooms and showers, the greatest obstacle in our continuing effort to
improve the health and hygiene of our children at Wattegama home has been
an inconsistent and growingly inadequate supply of water to the home.
The supply from the public water line was at best infrequent, and during
the long dry seasons was completely absent for many days at a time.
We addressed this temporarily by having water trucked to the home on a
near-daily basis, an inconvenient and costly procedure. To address this critical need
on a more permanent basis, we negotiated with Wattegama village
municipality to have a line run to the home from their village water
stock. Since the home is outside of the Wattegama municipality, this
required the trenching and laying of 1 kilometer of water line.
Wattegama municipality provided their own laborers at a much reduced cost
for us. The resulting cost of labor and 1000 meters of pipe was
provided primarily by a donation from OSI sponsor and donor Lynn
Thompson, with the balance provided by US charity "Children's
Culture Connection." We are extremely grateful to these donors
for this critical contribution to our Wattegama children's health, hygiene, and
comfort.
Project Cost: US $484.75
Donors: Lynn Thompson,
"Children's Culture Connection"
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