Water.
We all need it.
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In Lakatoro, Malampa Province in Vanuatu, water only runs for two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening. Families plan their entire days around it, filling buckets in the morning, carefully storing what they can to last.
But it doesn’t have to be like this!
I invite you to join us in partnership either through a one-off donation, or, even better, as a monthly supporter. Regular, ongoing support from donors like you enables us to continue our partnership-based approach to international development.
“With the team we have completed an engineering assessment of Lakatoro’s urban water system, including designing a Spring Box to supply water from the local Moru spring to supplement the pump station to Lakatoro”
With your donation you are supporting:
Evidence-based decision making
By developing a hydraulic model of Lakatoro’s water supply system, local staff can model different future water scenarios and identify the efficacy of various interventions.
Optimising staff time and resources
Field staff have been trained in how to use an app-based tool that documents and records job information in real time on their mobile phones. This reduces the amount of time they spend on administrative tasks at their desks, so they are where they’re needed most: maintaining the water system.
Investing in professional development of local staff
Supporting the development of an online training portal (led by Engineers Without Borders New Zealand) that provides learning modules for provincial staff of the Department of Water Resources. Increasing local knowledge and expertise reduces reliance on limited resources at the national office in Port Vila.
Upskilling locals
Training volunteer members of community water management committees in what low-cost actions their community could take to improve local water quality and conservation as well as teaching school children about gravity-fed water systems.
