Institute Water for Africa
Welcome to the blog of our NGO, which is passionately committed to sustainable water projects in Africa. Millions of people in Africa have no access to clean drinking water, which has a serious impact on health, education and quality of life.
Our mission is to improve access to clean water in affected communities through adapted technologies and sustainable solutions. In our articles, you can find out more about the progress of our projects, the challenges we face and how you can help us create a better future for the people of Africa.
Preparations are currently underway for the laying of the new main water pipeline in Adi , DR Congo: a 1000 metre long trench is being dug from the reservoir to the elevated tank. A guard house is also being built at the pumping station.
In a mission from 30.10. to 11.12. the sanitary facilities of the hospital were fundamentally improved. This included the installation of 13 washbasins in the treatment and examination rooms and connecting them to the main line.
The existing pipe routing had to be changed to reduce the immense pressure losses so that sufficient water pressure would reach the tap. In addition, septic tanks were built to collect the slightly dirty water, and when the function of the washbasins was finally tested, the general amazement was overwhelming: The faucets worked perfectly everywhere and the water pressure was strong. The news spread like wildfire that Adi had running water. The following day, the regional director of the missionary hospitals came to see it. We were asked to visit the missionary hospitals in Abedju, Adja, Ombayi and Ania to see if we could build a water supply there.
In the community of Lwamgasa, Tanzania, we planted a tree today as a sign of future cooperation.
The municipality of Lwamgasa is about 1.5 hours away from Geita (Tanzania). The gold rush has broken out in the nearby surroundings. Private persons try their luck with the search for gold. Mercury is used to bind the gold dust from the rock. As a result, the near-surface groundwater is contaminated with mercury over a large area. In the municipality of Lwamgasa we are planning to drill a deep well to get clean water. This water will then be used as drinking water in the community.This week we held a one-day WASH seminar (water, sanitation and hygiene) at SAFINA in Geita, followed by a three-day seminar on water treatment with sodium hypochlorite. There were 40 participants registered for the WASH seminar and 34 for the seminar on water treatment. The rush was so great that we had to cancel many interested parties.
Contents were water treatment in general and practical exercises with four brought along devices. In the end the devices became the property of SAFINA. They continue to train the people. The four devices are used in four villages to disinfect water for the population. On the last evening of the seminar, the participants were able to drink their self-treated water without fear of becoming ill.
As of today, water is flowing again in the management of the mission hospital in Adi, Dem. Rep. Congo. The diesel engine that drives the centrifugal pump was defective. Therefore we brought original spare parts from Germany in a suitcase to Uganda and Congo.
A WASH seminar (water sanitaion and hygiene) took place from 30.11. to 01.12.16 in Adi, Dem. rep. Congo. The 30 participants came from the near surroundings.
From 30.11. to 01.1216 a WASH seminar (water, sanitation and hygiene) took place in Adi, Dem. rep. Congo. A total of 30 participants attended.
Topics were among others
The interest was very great. Therefore, further WASH seminars with an even broader content are planned for the future.
The Albert-Schweitzer school in Denkendorf has donated 50% of its proceeds from the school festival to our work. We are very happy about the donation of 700 Euro. Many thanks to all students and teachers who have contributed to this success!
This week the final preparations for the start of the irrigation project in Bimbi took place. In the first phase, nine hectares of land that has been lying fallow for decades will be irrigated.
As of today the Halfway House of Prison Fellowship Malawi has a water treatment with chlorination. In cooperation with Prison Fellowship Malawi, private sponsors from the USA and Canada have installed a water treatment with chlorine and trained the staff in operation and maintenance.
The M-100 from WaterStep was used. Salt, water and electricity were enough to sterilize the water with the M-100. The water from the tap is now directly drinkable and does not have to be boiled.In the past few days, we have carried out an inspection on a site that has not been used for agriculture for more than 30 years and have taken soil samples that are examined in the laboratory for soil-physical parameters and nutrients.
After a long technical discussion with a local agricultural engineer and a subsequent discussion with the villagers at an extra meeting, the problem and various approaches to solving it were discussed. We are confident that we will be able to implement an irrigation project near Ulongwe in 2016 in cooperation with Emmanuel Internation Malawi. In a first step, 9 hectares of land will be irrigated and thus made fertile again.
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Institute Water for Africa e.V.
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Evangelische Bank Kassel
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