Kottaipatti Villages gets clean water
“The children often suffered from diarrhoea and had to stay away from school” says a woman in Kottaipatti Village. “We walked long distance to fetch water and the water was always contaminated. After the installation of the hand pump – we see a difference”
Kottaipatti village and its people
For a total population of 922 people living Kottaipatti village – fetching water, often from far away places, was an arduous task. Women and children suffered most. Majority of the villagers were landless agricultural labourers as well take care cattle shed for their living.
A water pump for the villagers
Our Safe Drinking Water programme enables the community who face severe water scarcity to get clean and safe water. There was no hand pump or common pipeline in the village. The water which the villagers fetched was salty and unclean. This caused several waterborne diseases.
SSH with the support of JAFS, Japan installed a hand pump in the village. We have also trained the women to maintain the hand pump and to store rain water as well.
Today, the villagers have sufficient water for drinking as well for household use. Children and women have more time – women to attend to their work and children to play and study.
We have supported a few other villages too.