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HAND PUMP WATER WELL IN SASIE EASTERN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA |
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The realization
of the hand pump water well in sasie, Eastern Tigray, Ethiopia, has
been financially supported by the company EUROPIPING srl. Industrial
Technologies.
The project has been implemented in the "tabia" of Sasie
, approx .10 kilometres east of down Edagahamus and 25 kilometres
far from Adigrat, capital of Tigray region and the official opening
took place in front of the population of the villages that will benefit
of such a well on February 25th 2009.
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Sasie population
reaches approximately 600 units but the well, drilled at a depth of
40 metres, will secure a clean water supply to 2.500 students of a
nearby school.
The main target of the project has been the improvement of potable
water access in a very dry area where people regularly faces problems
of food security.
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Tigray region in located in the North of the Country and covers
a surface of 61.500 sq. kilometers. i.e. the 5,6% of the total population
of Ethiopia. People living in Tigray are five million and the 85%
of them is represented by rural population with a growth index of
3% .
In Ethiopia only the 22% of the population has access to clean water
sources, but in these rural areas such a percentage lowers down
to 11% ; four over one hundred people have access to sufficient
sanitary conditions.
The technical realization of this project has been entrusted to
ACS ( Adigrad Catholic Secretariat), an organization working since
many years in Tigray region and equipped with machineries and technical
personnel in condition to provide technical execution and maintenance
of the works.
The project coordination has been secured by VIS( Volontariato Internazionale
per lo Sviluppo) regional office in Ethiopia which is Butterfly
foundation partner in Ethiopia.
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