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Simari - Clean drinking water for three schools

Little Stars started a new project at the end of Novermber 2016. In the summer our staff organised a Health Camp at a school in the small  village of Bauniyan 8 - Simari. The results of the medical check-ups of  the school kids were alarming We found the usual skin diseases but the  number of cases was higher then elsewhere. However, specially remarkable was the number of children suffering from chronic typhoid fever.

The reason for this was found quickly: the water from the hand operated  pumps at the school site. The water was highly contaminated by arsenic  and salmonella. Furthermore a petrol station for agricultural vehicles was located next to the school. Nobody felt responsible for making sure that petrol and oil did not seep into the soil. This pollution of the  groundwater seriously added to the problem.

The Little Stars Board made the quick decision that it made a lot of sense to build a deep well at this location. The original planning  covered the school and the neighbouring parts of the village. Then  Babita who is in charge of our Health Post suggested: “Why don’t we  supply clean drinking water to all three schools of the village?” Her suggestion made more than sense and really hit the mark. A technical  solution was soon found.  We can bridge distances of up to one kilometer with the water pressure generated by the deep well pump.
Three  concrete skeletons  will be erected each 6 meters high with a 1,500  litre tank at the top of each skeleton. Water from the deep well will be supplied to these tanks. This solution will provide clean drinking  water to nearly 1,000 school kids plus to another 300 villagers in the  vicinity of the schools. The technical effort is low and overhead tanks are low-maintenance technology. Electrical equipment consists of a  pressure switch and an electronic control unit for the pump.

Water was pumped up for the first time on 4 December 2016.

In December 2016 we were informed that “Wasser für die Welt”€�, a  foundation by Margit and Heribert Wirth (Himalaya Pavilion at the Expo  2000 exhibition in Hanover, now re-erected in Wiesent/Bavaria) will  support this project with an amount of Euro 22,000.
Little Stars  would like to cordially thank “Wasser für die Welt”€� for this  contribution. We had already received quotes for the deep well plant.  The construction of the system was started immediately after receiving  the commitment from the foundation.