The devastating flood in Pakistan had destroyed more than half of the economy of the country.The country which was already facing several other crises including terrorism,poverty,corruption,illiteracy has now hit by another challenge in the form of flood.At this crucial time ,the world has pledge to help Pakistan in any form .

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Pakistan on Sunday August 16 2010 to boost relief efforts as concerns grew about the 20 million people made homeless in one of the worst disasters to hit the country.

Which governmental and religious bodies have you worked with so far? What have they done to help? The issue you are addressing is a country-wide issue, have you tried writing petitions to your local government chairman at the local level to see what he can do about it. I know that there can be corrupt leaders, but aren't there education ministries under the Minister of Education's control that you can approach - not as a n individual, maybe as a collective- in order to show that this issue affects your society as a whole.

I will like to help physically teach them and let them feel secured

The threat of leaks is a serious problem especially when the quality of materials and labour cannot be guaranteed. However it would be relatively cheap and simple to train a local dog to detect the hydrogen sulphide that would be present in any leaks and alert someone nearby. Such an animal could easily be trained to carry out regular inspections.

On a lighter note - it could also be used to identify anyone that passed wind in a crowded meeting hall enabling the offender to be dealt with appropriately. ;)

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Hi Everyone,

Here is the report for the pilot project we held in Kabondo. It is in a PowerPoint to keep it simple, as already mentioned. Please comment and feel free to ask questions. We hope this will prove to be a valuable bit of information for future projects and to help secure funding.

Thanks,

Barb

Sanitary Pads.pdf

Bramuel-

I have contacted:

Tour D'Afrique
Kona Biketown Africa
World Bicycle Relief
Working Bikes Cooperative

I will update as I hear back from them regarding requirements and/or what I find out from them.

All the best-

Jennifer

WSP Water and Sanitation Group
http://www.wsp.org

The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership of the World Bank. Our goal is to help the poor gain sustained access to improved water supply and sanitation services (WSS).

We work directly with client governments at the local and national level in 25 countries through 4 regional offices and in the World Bank headquarters, Washington D.C. Our aim is to achieve the Millennium Development Goals of halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation by 2015.

Hi Frank,

Piping water into a home requires much infrastructure and can be quite costly. I am not an engineer, so I am not sure how this would be done, but based on my very basic knowledge, you would require a source of water that is then cleaned (water treatment facility/equipment) then is piped into houses through an underground system (usually they are underground pipes). This would be a huge undertaking that would be quite costly and usually is done at a community/municipal or regional level by governments. You would have to speak with an engineer about this....