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safe water project
Related to country: India

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Access to safe drinking water in Gundu Palem and surrounding is at critically low levels.

People do their laundry and bathe in the same places that they water their animals and get their drinking water.

Latrines are virtually non-existent in rural communities with defecation taking place in fields, bushes or along drainage ditches. A simple long-drop latrine can radically reduce the amount of fecal matter that gets into the water supply.

Increasingly, comfort is funding multi-purpose water projects that include components such as: protected faucets for drinking water; showers; latrines; basins for washing clothes, dishes and utensils; and, separate drinking troughs for animals. Beyond the issues of health, poor access to clean water also has a detrimental impact on development. In particular, water scarcity severely affects the lives of women as female family members are traditionally responsible for water collection.

Collecting water is a back-breaking chore that saps women’s energy, diminishes their health and restricts their involvement in productive activities and community affairs.

Most women in our ministerial areas spend hours a day collecting water from distant and polluted sources. Many girls never get an opportunity to go to school because the responsibility of collecting enough water to keep their families alive takes precedence.

Eighty percent of all illness in developing coastal area is caused by polluted water. It is very dangerous and many people die from these illnesses every year.
Serious illnesses transmitted via polluted drinking water include:
· Cholera, an extremely infectious and deadly intestinal disease
· Typhoid fever, caused by the production of toxins by salmonella bacteria
· Hepatitis A, an infection of the liver resulting in jaundice
· Dysentery, an acute intestinal disease often resulting in death



April 5, 2009 | 12:45 AM Comments  0 comments

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www.comfortministries.org
About this commitment: Volunteer in my community

Translations available in: English (original) | French | Spanish | Italian | German | Portuguese | Swedish | Russian | Dutch | Arabic

Access to safe drinking water in Gundu Palem and surrounding is at critically low levels.

People do their laundry and bathe in the same places that they water their animals and get their drinking water.

Latrines are virtually non-existent in rural communities with defecation taking place in fields, bushes or along drainage ditches. A simple long-drop latrine can radically reduce the amount of fecal matter that gets into the water supply.

Increasingly, comfort is funding multi-purpose water projects that include components such as: protected faucets for drinking water; showers; latrines; basins for washing clothes, dishes and utensils; and, separate drinking troughs for animals. Beyond the issues of health, poor access to clean water also has a detrimental impact on development. In particular, water scarcity severely affects the lives of women as female family members are traditionally responsible for water collection.

Collecting water is a back-breaking chore that saps women’s energy, diminishes their health and restricts their involvement in productive activities and community affairs.

Most women in our ministerial areas spend hours a day collecting water from distant and polluted sources. Many girls never get an opportunity to go to school because the responsibility of collecting enough water to keep their families alive takes precedence.

Eighty percent of all illness in developing coastal area is caused by polluted water. It is very dangerous and many people die from these illnesses every year.
Serious illnesses transmitted via polluted drinking water include:
· Cholera, an extremely infectious and deadly intestinal disease
· Typhoid fever, caused by the production of toxins by salmonella bacteria
· Hepatitis A, an infection of the liver resulting in jaundice
· Dysentery, an acute intestinal disease often resulting in death

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www.comfortministries.org

April 5, 2009 | 12:42 AM Comments  0 comments

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comfortministries.org
About this commitment: Volunteer in my community

Translations available in: English (original) | French | Spanish | Italian | German | Portuguese | Swedish | Russian | Dutch | Arabic

We want to join with you,,please help us to start your office and we want to satrt in india ,

worl help..please we abide all your rules and regulations..



Thankingyou,

Vijay