Well Construction

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Template:Project HELP Well Construction Project Type(s):
Country:	Senegal
Volunteer(s) Name:	M Van Osdale
Volunteer(s) Homestate:	Minnesota
Funds community contributed:	$2162
Percentage community contributed:	25%
Funds needed were:	$4756
Funds requested were:	$6476
PPCP #:	685-124
Year of project approval:	2009
Projects started in Senegal 2009 (9).
Dindefelo Summer Camp, Girls' Summer Camp, Health Association Capacity Building, Health Hut Construction, Irrigation Initiative, Latrine Construction, Latrine Construction in Senegal, Seed Storage Facility, and Well Construction
Other Projects in Senegal (11).
Dindefelo Summer Camp, Girls' Summer Camp, Health Association Capacity Building, Health Hut Construction, Irrigation Initiative, Latrine Construction, Latrine Construction in Senegal, Seed Storage Facility, Senegalese Girls Bike Tour (Tour des Filles), Sirmang Community Garden Project, and Well Construction
Other Projects by Volunteers from Minnesota (20).
Bicycle Repair Class, Borino Community Education Center, Bring a Buddy Volunteer Campaign, Doug Claycomb, Craft Workshop for Women's Local Language Literacy School, Educational Center, Nick Henry, Irrigation Initiative, Lynnea West, Mykolayiv Book Acquisition Project, Mykolayiv International Communication Center, Nikolaev Business Resource Center/Business Club, Nsubane Garden Project and Borehole, Peshkopi School Library Investment Project, and Primary School Grounds Improvement … further results
Other PCPP Projects by Volunteers (438).
Developing an Expanded English Curriculum
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Mapped Projects around Senegal (1).

Info about the Well Construction

The community is home to roughly 1,100 people, eight kilometers from the national highway and about 20 kilometers from the Senegal River, the closest freshwater source. Located in the Sahel desert, Goudoude Diobe considers water a difficult commodity to acquire. There are currently two working wells. The first was built in 1993 and is 55 meters deep, the other built in 1995, is 45 meters deep. Although there are three communal faucets, the water tower that supplies these faucets is located 2 kilometers away in the neighboring village of Goudoude Ndiouetbe, and often breaks down and remains broken for weeks at a time. The water tower alone does not sufficiently meet the demands of the community. So, when it is broken, it substantially increases the workload for women and teenage girls who must go to the well starting before dawn to pull water. The water table is very far beneath the ground surface and the women (sometimes men too) need to manually pull at least 20 bags buckets of water each to suffice the needs of their families alone. The principal of the small primary school has shown interest in planting more trees within the community and starting a school garden, however, this is impossible without an adequate water source further justifying the additional well. With the addition of another well, the community will benefit from a cleaner, newer source of water. The new well will also set up an excellent site for the addition of a much-needed water pump in the future. The community hopes to build a 40 meter-deep bore well, lined with cement to ensure the sanitation of water.