Gift of Happiness Foundation project to build new toilets for the villagers next to the girls dormitory at a remote jungle bamboo hut village called P’ Ya Naung. The village name means “Buddha’s Mountain” especially meaningful for this place which is located at the foot of a holy mountain according to local tradition.
DRY SEASON MEANS NO WATER TO WASH THESE KIDS - NEW WATER SUPPLY NEEDED!
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This project took 7 days to complete.
Our small team of volunteers stayed throughout the period to supervise and help until the end of construction. We also had to travel to the nearest town of Mae Sot several times a day to keep the builders supplied with all the important materials needed to make this building safe and secure for the children of the village. 'Thank You' to all who gave time & money! All contributions were used to make sure the people of this village can now rest assured that they will have a more dignified and comfortable few moments in every day when they visit this great new facility. "Special thanks these contributors!"
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What a fine mess we got ourselves into here?
Work was completed on Sunday 04/05/14.
We are proud to have achieved a successful outcome, despite the language and cultural barriers that we faced throughout this (Rather stressful) week of 'Happy Construction'.
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7 meter deep well supplies entire village
Villagers use a 7-meter deep water well. This traditionally means sending women and young people to fill old paint tins or small buckets with water for daily use. The drinking water is supplied by another NGO based in Mae Sot, but they do not offer any help for construction projects like water pumping etc.
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All water is carried like this by women and teenagers
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We aim to stop the practice of sending women & teenagers for water many times a day!
We have commissioned a survey to find-out exactly what is needed to bring the water from a deep well located a long way from the village school, kitchen, toilets and showers.
A couple of options.
1. Drilling a new well/bore-hole and pumping the water close to where it's needed is a very expensive option and we have already been quoted in excess of ฿-150,000-00 ($US-4,650-00).
2. An new water pump and pipes to take it to the top of the village (Around 400 meters). This is the cheapest and most commonly used method of moving water around places like this remote village. We estimate the costs to be around ฿-70 to 90,000 and we will publish the total amount needed as soon as our engineers have finished their survey.
A couple of options.
1. Drilling a new well/bore-hole and pumping the water close to where it's needed is a very expensive option and we have already been quoted in excess of ฿-150,000-00 ($US-4,650-00).
2. An new water pump and pipes to take it to the top of the village (Around 400 meters). This is the cheapest and most commonly used method of moving water around places like this remote village. We estimate the costs to be around ฿-70 to 90,000 and we will publish the total amount needed as soon as our engineers have finished their survey.
LETS STOP THESE GIRLS CARRYING WATER LIKE THIS!
THESE PROJECTS ONLY HAPPEN WHEN WE GET DONATIONS FROM YOU!
"Every little bit helps".
