After months and months of struggling with government regulations, we have finally started doing some actual water work. These photos are from the compound in Turmi where approximately 28 children now live. This construction work is to feed water from a well down by the river into the compound so that the children have water to drink and to take a shower. It is powered by a solar panel on top of the pump building so that water will continually flow through the pipes. We have also been working to put solar electric power into the main dining room and the dormitories.
This is the well head. It is connected to a pipe that runs through the entire compound. The water is then pumped throughout the handwashing and shower stations. The stone wall is a retaining wall to defend the well head from erosion due to the heavy surface water runoff that occurs after the infrequent rains in the area.
building the solar pump house
water now is operational in showers
there are eight outdoor showers
hand washing station in compound
this is the type of well we are working on. The concrete base with channels cut in them help to keep the water gathering area clean and also collects any water runoff and gives it to the cattle to drink-away from where the humans get their water.
a hand pump well with concrete run offs
people fill their jerry cans using a funnel from a plastic bottle
the end of well station is for the cattle to drink from.
