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The Everyone Water Project
Barrio Grenada
Anexo
Managua, Nicaragua
________________
www.companeros.caSlide2
That’s nice
One morning you’re walking to Barrio Grenada
Anexo
and you pass an aqua blue house and you to think to yourself, “That’s nice….”Slide3
Entrance to Barrio Grenada Anexo
As you enter the settlement of 214
familes
, 800+ people, you notice the road change to dirt.Slide4
Some days the dirt road is dry and dusty
You notice the manhole cover and ask if there is potable or waste water systems here? No, you are told, that’s for the rich
neighbourhood
up the hill.Slide5
Some days it is wet and muddy
And the bacteria and bugs thrive,
… and the barefoot little girl does not.Slide6
Eye opener
Y
ou see people continuously walking out of the barrio with plastic buckets, precious pails, and discarded Coke bottles.Slide7
Everyone has a right to water
A young mom and her
daugher
to prepare food.
Slide8
EveryoneA woman to clean clothes for herself and others.Slide9
Everyone
A single mom with her smiling son in wheelchair.Slide10
But not everyoneC
an walk hundreds of meters to get water and has the strength to carry it back home.Slide11
EveryoneC
hildren working in
the eveningSlide12
So day and nightTime and energy
is diverted
from
other obligations and opportunites.Slide13
And day after day
Water goes back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, like a rocking chair going nowhere.Slide14
It gets tiring
You wash your hands and dishes less. You bathe and cook less. You work less. It’s 40 C / 100 F.Slide15
Night
You are less healthy and
less happy and less productive.Slide16
So one day
When you are walking out of the barrio and you see another tired person hauling water,…Slide17
You think to yourself
And
y
ou pass the aqua blue house again, you think to yourself,…Slide18
That’s not so nice
214 families. 800+ people. 1 tap. Slide19
Community Leaders and Organizers
The Everyone Water Project
is an initiative of
Consejo
Poder
Ciudadano
Barrio Grenada
and
Compañeros
Inc.
(L-R)
Marlon,Jennifer,Javier,Ramon,David,Hilda,Rachel
.Slide20
The Everyone Water Project
CONTEXT
Barrio
Grenada
Anexo
= settlement
of 214
families/800
+ people (53% children, 26% female adults, 21% male adults) located in
Managua
.
Prevalent health
, education,
unemployment
, and social
issues.
The
Consejo
Poder
Ciudadano
Barrio
Grenada (CPCBG) = group of local community leaders with organizational capacity and previous experience working with Managua City Hall and HABITAR.
CPCBG recent success working with
Compañeros
on design of a public
park
and classroom
building
project = more commitment to cooperation.
Compañeros
visited
Anexo
many times
, talked with
residents, undertook census,
gathered technical
advice from city hall, water company, other NGOs = identified
The Everyone Water Project
as priority.Slide21
The Everyone Water Project
GOALS
1. To install a potable
and waste water
system in
214 homes in 2011-12.
2
.
To inform
families about
water and health related
issues and realize positive generational effect on household.
3. To strengthen collaboration among community leaders, residents,
city hall, the
state water
company,
and
Compañeros
Inc.
OUTCOMES
1.
Accessible
water for bathing, cleaning, cooking, and drinking in each dwelling results
in higher overall
physical
health and productivity.
2. Elevated dignity due
to improved personal hygiene, more
frequent cleaning
, treated water for cooking, and higher fluid intake in the heat
.
3
.
Increased
cooperation
and capacity of
individuals/organizations.Slide22
The Everyone Water Project
POTABLE WATER SYSTEM BUDGET
(August 2010 to March 2011)
$125
per
home
x
214 homes =
USD$
26,750
total
Includes research, technical, preparation, installation, and inauguration phases as well as civic cooperation, materials, delivery, and skilled
labor
Source of funds: USD$25 from
214 families and
USD$100 from
214 donors
WASTE WATER SYSTEM BUDGET
(August 2011
to March
2012)
$200 per
home
x 214 homes =
USD$
42,800
total
Includes research, technical, preparation, installation, and inauguration phases as well as civic cooperation, materials, delivery, and skilled
labor
Source of funds:
USD$50 from 214 families and USD$150 from 214 donorsSlide23
The Everyone Water Project
COMPAÑEROS DONORS and/or VOLUNTEER PARTICIPANTS
Compañeros
Inc
= Canadian social enterprise based in
M
anagua
organizes volunteer service and cross-cultural learning experiences
advocates and manages international community development projects
Volunteer participants = work with
family and/or
street teams
dig 1.2
kilometers of trench 0.5 m.
wide and 1.0
m. deep
lay
tubing under the supervision of civil
engineer and water technician
House
to house visits with bilingual social workers
to reinforce
water conservation and household
hygiene
Progress of project depends on # of
groups
and fundraising $
Please join us with your financial support and volunteer participation
Be
The
Compañeros
You Want To Be
__________________
www.companeros.caSlide24
Be part of it
V
olunteer participants digging waste water system outside Preschool Esmeralda Palacios in Barrio Augusto Sandino,
M
anagua, in May/07.Slide25
ENACAL
Co-workers from the state water company celebrating the installation of the waste water system outside
Preschool Esmeralda Palacios in Barrio Augusto Sandino, Managua, in May/07.Slide26
The Everyone Water Project
Barrio Grenada
Anexo
Managua, Nicaragua
________________
www.companeros.ca