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HAND PUMP WATER WELL IN SIMRET ,TIGRAY REGION, ETHIOPIA |
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well has been opened last February 24th 2009 in the village of Simret,(
woreda of Ganta Afewshum) in Tigray region, Ethiopia, three kilometres
far from Bizet downtown and 35 kilometres west of Adigrat, capital
city of the region, thanks to the generosity of the LIONS OF PIACENZA
- 108 district - IV precint.
This project is a very important contribution to this area which
is very dry and disadvantaged as far as the access to potable water
is concerned ; people living the area are often obliged to face
the serious problem of food security.
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The well,
duly fenced and equipped with cattle drinking facilities and drilled
at a depth of 60 metres and is operated by hand pump, and supplies
clean water to the population of the village of Simret counting approx.
600 individuals, in addition to one thousand students passing by the
well on their way to school.
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Tigray region in located in the North of the Country and covers
a surface of 61.500 sq. kilometres. 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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