Project 1: Lengatei
Some data on the project
Chronology
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March 2015 Survey
October 2015 Drilling, pump test 24 hours
February 2016 Purchase of manual pump
March-april 2016 Installation of manual pump
Construction laundry
Construction protective enclosure
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Details
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Beneficiaries 3'700 habitants
Drilling depth 125 m
Water flow 4'000 L/h
Project's total cost 29'050.- CHF
Participation Jack Guberan's Foundation 7'500.- CHF
Survey Hydrogéological Unit Internal
Drainage Basin Water Office, Singida
Drilling company PNR Services Ltd, Dar es Salaam
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The project in pictures
Arrival of trucks
Arrival of the authorities and the population
Installation of the drill on the exact point determined by the survey
Preparation of the drill
Metal pipes are added one after another, up to 125m
Souvenir photo with Krysia Cinelli, Lengatei village authorities and local engineers supervising the drilling
Samples are taken regularly and allow engineers to know if the drilling point is favorable for finding water
After the wait, the reward!
Water gushes out for everyone's happiness!
Children use it to have fun
The next step is to introduce
the PVC tubes, taking care to put the tubes with holes at the level where the water was found
Each tube is screwed to the previous one before being pushed deeper
Between the end of the drilling, October 2015, and the installation of the manual pump, a few months will pass. Time to make the purchase and build the concrete base, the protective enclosure and the laundry. In April took place the inauguration and the panel mentioning Elewa Africa, as well as Jack Guberan Foundationmay have been laid.
The manual pump
The protective enclosure (especially to prevent animals from damaging the pump
The laundry
First Elewa-Africa project completed, March 2016