College Adventists de Gitwe II, Rwanda

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Country: Rwanda

GPS Coordinates:
  Latitude -2.241483
  Longitude 29.687150

Impact:
  Total Served: 900

Status:  Completed (What's This?)

Completion Date (or estimate): 12/03/2012

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Upon completion of the project, our partner in the field reports...

A LWI Rwanda team member commented, "The site was picked on 21st August 2012 by the Headmaster together with Living water staff and District Engineer. The site was picked because the school had the challenge to get clean water especially during dry season. The visiting team had discussed the well management and the school is in process of upgrading it into a submersible pump. The school has signed an MOU and they have budgeted for any repairs that may happen." During the team’s stay, community members assembled a water committee who assisted the team with the water project whenever possible. Most community members are of the 950 students at the secondary school boarding school or work at the local clinic. Before leaving the community, the team provided the headmaster with a LWI Rwanda contact number in case their well were to fall into disrepair, become subject to vandalism or theft.

The LWI Rwanda team had an opportunity to meet with thirty-seven year old community member and teacher, Issa Sibomana, who stated, "The new water is good because it will remain in its place, but the previous sources would go dry and always had dirty water."

During the hygiene education, the LWI Rwanda team addresses: Hand washing, how to properly transport and store water, disease transmission and prevention, how to maintain proper care of the pump, as well as signs and symptoms of dehydration and how to make Oral Rehydration Solution. All of these lessons are taught in a participatory method to help community members discover ways to improve their hygiene and sanitation choices, and implement community driven solutions.

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Recent Project Updates

12/04/2012: GPS For Bweramana

Just a quick update to let you know that we just posted the GPS coordinates for the project in Bweramana, Rwanda.  Check it out!

12/03/2012: Bweramana Project Complete!

We are excited to report that the school in Bweramana, Rwanda has a new well supplying safe, clean water the the students and community.  We just posted a report from the field with information about the project, and pictures of the site.  We're working on getting GPS coordinates and will let you know as soon as they are up.

10/18/2012: A Brief Project Update

We are told by our partner that Project updates are on their way; we expect them in the next few weeks.  We'll be sure to pass them along as soon as we can.