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WATER FILTER (SIPHON FILTER): A TOOL FOR ACCESING SAFE DRINKING WATER


Summary

Code Location Budget Start End
TMSHICI
Njombe Region and Mufindi district (especially communities in rural areas)
-
2006
2010
December

Project purpose

The purpose of this project is to prevent waterborne diseases like diarrhoea, cholera and typhoid by providing subsidized water filters to the people especially those living in rural areas where access to safe and clean water is insufficient.

Beneficiaries

Through promotion of water and sanitation in rural areas, the project has aimed in serving rural communities of Njombe Region and Mufindi districts (approximately 4000 house holds).

Donor

Dutch government in TAZAMO Project

Description of the project

Water filter is a small facility that can be handled by any person. It has proved to produce clean water for 99.9% but it is not widely known. SHIPO decided that using filter many waterborne diseases will be reduced

In this case the organisation established a fact sheet known as “Safe and Clean water” with the purpose of creating awareness to community concerning the impact of drinking unsafe water. Therefore through Village Action Group (VAG) people were sensitised and after that water facility was distributed to VAG through community coaches.

In order to ensure that a community affords to have one water filter facility per household, the organisation decided to subsidise it and sell it to the community at a very low price of at least Ths.3,000/=

Apart from that SHIPO has introduced a revolving fund that will help people to be able in collecting its own money obtained from slabs revolving fund project. This will support many households, by taking a loan from their own revolving fund in the village, even if the price will change in future.


Project progress

The program finished succesfully in December 2010