Elisabeth orphanage "kinderen van India" - Case Study
The Dutch based foundation "Kinderen van India" has set up an orphanage in 1989 in Pendra Road in the province Chhattisgarh (central India). The last two years the number of cases of waterborn diseases increased sharply. In particular the number of infectious diseases such as typhoid fever has risen sharply. The drinking water is extracted from a well located on the property. This source should provide clean drinking water but due to the many rains and the intensive use of the land over the past period, probably bacteria has polluted the water. After a succesfull installation of two Villagepump 500 Standardthe water is now free of bacteria and the amount of waterborn diseases has decreased substantially.
"The villagepumps are made in such a way that they are easu to operate. The village pumps purify our well water and the children use the purified water. The maintenance is also easy as the nuts and parts are available. Recently the Officier of the Forest Department told us that he was impressed by the Village pumps."
