Project #:

L19-W029 Please OVERWRITE

Project Type:

Safe Drinking Water Supply

Project Date:

2018-11-09


The People of

Dirt Hole Community Quarter #2

Grand Bassa County, Liberia

are thankful for the generous support of

Caring Families

(Canada-Wide)

Rick & Veronica Heinen

(Langley, BC)

Elizabeth Schouten-Schurmann

for helping supply safe water to their community

Latitude: 6.323597, Longitude: -10.652399
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A message from the community

Dear Sir/Madame, As a community, we wish to extend to you our thanks and heartfelt appreciation to your organize for this modern handpump. We are so happy with your work and promise to take good care of this important water source. Thank you so much Johnathan Rah


Some community details (provided by our in-country partners)

This Community is located right after Samoz Lodge Guest House just two to three minutes walk away from the Guest House. The Community is large and populated with men women and children with the youth having the highest population. Their problems are the same as compare to Quarter 1. There is no safe drinking water and latrine. Their main source of water has been from open hand dug wells and the bushes and the swamp land were used for toileting. From my own point of view, it seems like this area has been established long ago because the houses they live are some old mostly leaking, partly broken down with old zinc still on top as roof covering. There are lots of Government workers but majority are retired. There is a very deep swamp in the back of this Quarter. The swamp are used by the old people to plant their crops. The crops are harvested and sold to sustain their livelihood. Crops like pumpkin, okra, pepper sugar cane, greens and many other food crops. The Health and Hygiene workshop was centered around how the community dwellers can avoid some common diseases by how to chlorinate water from hand dug well before using it. Also how to control their feces where their is no latrine and to always keep their environment clean. Steven Varfee Lifewater Liberia Inc. Program Coordinator This well was drilled as part of a cooperative NGO initiative to provide safe drinking water to all Liberian's. Thanks to ''The Last Well Inc.'' for their coordination and support!


Well Details

Well Depth: 105 ft. Turbidity: Clear
Depth of Water: 8.00 ft. Water Colour: Reddish
Well Yield: 8.00 gpm Water Odour: None
Screen Length: 10.00 ft. Taste: Good
Casing Diameter: 4.00 in. Nitrate: 0.000 mg/L
Handpump: Afridev Iron: 0.000 mg/L
Developed By: Electric Pump pH: 7.000
Development Time: 2.00 hrs. Bacti Test: Negative
Disinfection: 24.00 hrs.

Village Well Celebration Service

Village Well Celebration Service

Old Village Well

Old Village Well

Children around the New Well

Children around the New Well

Training Well Caretaker

Training Well Caretaker



For just over $1 you can provide a child with safe water for a year!

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