The Water Installation
Work started in November 2007 to dig the
trench ready for the waterpipe and these
were completed in December. Due to
unexpected heavy rains in January the utilisation
of extra 10 tonne trucks was necessary to
deliver the materials to the site.
One of the trucks struggled to reach the
site and had to leave 200 plastic pipes in
the lower village; it was late evening and
the driver couldn’t get up the hill,
and was running out of fuel!!! So extra
guards were hastily arranged for the night.
Before a truck could be arranged for the
next day the local schools sent 200 pupils
out to carry the pipes to the site (about
1km). Individually the pipes are not too
heavy but this was done with great gusto
and is indicative of the the eagerness, desire
and excitement within the village for the
project.