Situation on Site
In the village of Abedju in the DR Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo), there is a mission hospital with 60 beds for inpatient and outpatient treatment. The hospital has no water supply. The water needed is fetched from about 1km away from a polluted spring using jerry cans. The water is used for all activities such as maintaining personal hygiene or cleaning, but also for cooking and drinking and thus for the daily care of the staff and patients.
Can We Get Water?
The management of the mission hospital has asked us if they can get a water supply like the hospital in Adi. From our point of view, the conditions are not sustainable for a hospital where people are supposed to get well again. That is why we have decided to tackle this project. For this we need your help.
We Have Already Carried Out The Following Work
2018 - 2022
May / June 2018
Survey Work
It is used to set the line route, calculate the print line, etc.
May / June 2018
December 2109
Hydrogeological Investigation And Drilling of a Borehole
The mission hospital has hired a geologist and a drilling company to locate a promising site for a borehole on the site.
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The hydrogeological survey is used to measure whether water is present and at what depth, but the amount of water cannot be determined.
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After drilling, only 500 litres of water per hour were available. Therefore, we decided to conduct another hydrogeological survey to find a more suitable location for another borehole.
2020
COVID 19 pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we could not travel because there were no flights.
2020
November 2021
2. Hydrogeological Investigation
We had a second hydrogeological investigation carried out. The result of the investigation was that there is no more promising site on the hospital grounds.
2022
We still lack the financial means to continue.
2022
What Can Be Done Now?
There is a water source about 1km from the hospital. Diese ist bakteriell verunreinigt. This source can still be used for the hospital's water supply, but the water has to be treated.
IWFA can implement the following on site with your help:
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The spring water is to be collected with pipes in deep tanks at the spring intake. We have to build this deep tank and lay the corresponding pipes.
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From there, the water is to be pumped into an elevated tank on the hospital grounds.
- From the elevated tank, pipes will be laid into the hospital building and washbasins will be installed in the patients' and examination rooms.
Due to the lack of infrastructure in the region in the DR Congo, the procurement of materials for this project is enormously costly. The materials have to be imported from Uganda.
The project cost is an estimated $80,000
