April 2022

After Corona slowed everything down, work could be resumed and largely completed in 2021 and 2022

Two Waterflow systems - perfectly prepared by volunteers from Hilfe Direkt Oldenburg in DE - were connected to the water tank on the roof of the Gila Hospital and to the tank of the dental station. Patients of both institutions, employees and visitors can thus be supplied with clean drinking water.

The third Waterflow unit delivered to Bo is planned for the public water point at the borehole. It will be used if the water samples should confirm the need and if a solution can be found for the power supply of the plant without risk of theft.

 

Detail see Projectblog: https://saubereswasser.wordpress.com/2022/08/28/

 

Already since 2019 the team of the Gila Hospital in Sierra Leone has been working to realize a good and healthy supply of water to the hospital. Up to now, the water has had to be purchased and delivered sporadically by a tanker truck. This means high costs, unreliable supply and pathogens that can develop in the water due to the required storage in the hospital's tank. The hospital in Bo / Sierra Leone is operated by the German / Sierra Leonean Association Hilfe direkt in Oldenburg.

In an exemplary collaboration between Noma Hilfe Switzerland (NHS) and aqua pura, two important steps towards this goal have been realized so far. All sanitary facilities in the hospital were renovated with donations from the NHS as a prerequisite for the supply of water. The existing old 3'000 l tank was replaced by a 10'000 l tank on the roof of the hospital financed by aqua pura. In a second phase the NHS financed the drilling for water as a basis for a sustainable and safe water supply of the hospital. Unfortunately, only the 3rd drilling was successful! But fortunately, only a small part of the 2 unsuccessful drillings directly at the hospital had to be paid. Since the bubbling borehole is 450 m away from the hospital, the completion of the well with the pump as well as the supply line from the well to the hospital is still pending. As soon as the rainy season is over, this last stage of the joint project will be completed. Whether the rest of the spoken financing by Noma Hilfe Schweiz will be sufficient for this, will be shown after the requested offer has been received. Finally, the use of the aqua pura Waterflow system will ensure that the water from the borehole, after being transported through the supply line and stored in the large tank, will meet the requirements for healthy drinking water.

Aqua pura thanks - also in the name of the supporting association of the hospital Hilfe direkt Oldenburg / Sierra Leone and Noma Hilfe Schweiz for the generous support of the drinking water project in the sense of prevention of diseases like Noma.