Haroonabad Schools
Bringing clean drinking water to the children of two primary schools in Haroonabad.
Haroonabad, Punjab
Project history
A school was identified with the help of local activist organisations with a severe need for clean drinking water. The school had around 500+ regular students. Clean drinking water was arranged for the students, and the health of the staff and students improved dramatically after the project — which also improved student attendance.
500+
people served
Haroonabad
Haroonabad, Punjab
Before PAKVITAE
Major challenges
- Water supply relies primarily on three hand-operated wells and a borehole.
- The underground water table is polluted with faecal contamination and unfit for drinking.
- Open defecation, poor hygiene practices and dirty jerrycans and containers.
- Shallow wells carry a high amount of particulate matter.
- 90% of the settlement lacks access to electricity, so wells and the borehole are operated by hand.
- Mechanical pumping leads to shortages for a community of thousands.
- Bacteria and pathogens cause diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery and typhoid.
- Particulate matter has been linked to kidney-stone cases in children aged 1–12.
“As a school teacher, I've seen a visible and positive change since the installation of community filters by Pakvitae at our school, as now the kids have access to clean drinking water while attending the school.”
Memories from the project
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