New Well Drilled at Pekiru village, Andra Pradesh State, India. 8 July 2024
Well opened on 28/8/24
Thank you to Ken and Simona for the drilling of this fresh water well.
This village has a lot of farming and live stock and is in a very dry part of Andra Pradesh State India.
They were able to get fresh water for the well after drilling deep into the earth through rock.
They cemented around the well and instal a water pump
Everyone in this village uses this fresh water and the women are safe to collect water in their community.
This village has a lot of farming and live stock and is in a very dry part of Andra Pradesh State India.
They were able to get fresh water for the well after drilling deep into the earth through rock.
They cemented around the well and instal a water pump
Everyone in this village uses this fresh water and the women are safe to collect water in their community.
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Fresh water saves lives!
Andhra Pradesh is in a drought prone region. More often than not, it is the woman and children who have to walk up to 12 km to collect sufficient water, which is often dirty and unsafe. Not only is water a health issue, but it is also a gender and economic one. With the development of clean water wells in the centre of villages, children are more likely to attend school, woman work a job,
not to mention health benefits, all increase.
Water is an important resource and one cannot live without it.
More than 1.8 million children under the age of five die each year from illness associated with contaminated drinking water. Primary diseases contracted from unclean drinking water include cholera, diarrhoea, typhoid, roundworm, hepatitis and dysentery.
It is estimated that over 80% of India's population does not have access to clean drinking water.
Andhra Pradesh is in a drought prone region. More often than not, it is the woman and children who have to walk up to 12 km to collect sufficient water, which is often dirty and unsafe. Not only is water a health issue, but it is also a gender and economic one. With the development of clean water wells in the centre of villages, children are more likely to attend school, woman work a job,
not to mention health benefits, all increase.
Water is an important resource and one cannot live without it.
More than 1.8 million children under the age of five die each year from illness associated with contaminated drinking water. Primary diseases contracted from unclean drinking water include cholera, diarrhoea, typhoid, roundworm, hepatitis and dysentery.
It is estimated that over 80% of India's population does not have access to clean drinking water.