Water for 300 people

INF has helped to supply water to 300 people in the Nawalparasi District of Nepal's southern Terai plains.

A Christian local partner organisation called Asal Chhimekee ['Good Neighbour'] discovered that a high-priority need for local people was drinking water, as surface water in the Terai is often poisoned by naturally occurring arsenic.

With funding from INF Nepal, Asal Chhimekee helped a local church to install three water supply systems in different locations, benefiting 23 households. 'The water supply systems are available close to people's houses,' says Dhanmaya Gurung of Asal Chhimekee. 'This saves people a lot of time, before the new systems were installed local people had to carry water to their homes from sources a long way away. The whole community is very grateful.'

The photo shows Asal Chhimekee's Nandaram Pariyar with a local community member at one of the new water pumps in Leda village in Nawalparasi. This pump serves five households, benefiting almost 40 people.