By Justin Aanenson | Communications Officer
Peace Winds celebrates the inauguration of the Uttisghari Drinking Water Supply Project (DWSP) with partner Rural Reconstruction Nepal. After months of hard work, RRN Executive Director Mr. Gyan Bdr Adhiakri inaugurated the DWSP with the community and representatives of the Government of Nepal.
The project benefits 3,800 people including children and women in the mountainous rural community, who were in immense need of quality water. After the 2015 quakes destroyed water supplies, people were forced to drink from unclean rivers and streams.
The newly built DWSP holds 3000 liters and can refill at a rate of 0.5 liters per second. Six tap stands like the one below give easy access to water to all the community members. Peace Winds implemented a safe sanitation and good hygiene practices program with the completion of the project and from the photos, the children have taken to it.
With a clean water supply, life in rural Ramechaap is much easier. Water collection is a difficult chore for women and girls. These new water systems not only increase the general health of the community with safe water sources, but also give women and girls more time for school and family. Peace Winds is proud to report the community is very happy with the new taps and is using them for drinking, bathing, washing, and many daily necessities.
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