Pile community water and sanitation project PILE COMMUNITY WATER SUPPLY PROJECT Weekly Status Report
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Pile community water and sanitation project PILE COMMUNITY WATER SUPPLY PROJECT Weekly Status Report
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General Particulars Pile community water and sanitation project Leipzig Mission Weekly Status Report 9-20th November 2015 Sinedou Alex Luguna
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Pile water supply and sanitation project is funded by the Leipzig Mission through the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea (ELC PNG) who had engaged the Adventist Development Relief and Agency Papua New Guinea (ADRA PNG) as a development partner in implementing the project. The project commenced on the 9th November 2015 after the first trench payment of K108,000.00 by Leipzig Mission through ELC PNG. Due to short time frame for the project implementation, prior arrangements were done with the donor and stakeholders in regard to the start-up of the project. Initially the funding was to be transferred from German to ADRA PNG however alterations were done where Leipzig Mission had approved the arrangement for ELC PNG to pay the first instalment of the of K108,000.00 and the refund would done by Leipzig Mission to ELC PNG. Supplier Agreements were done with Hardware suppliers where project materials and supplies were taken on credit and payments were done a week later.
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Pile community water and sanitation project WEEKLY PROJECT PROGRESS Detail Implementation Schedule November 2015
Activities Week 1
No. 1
Week 2
Week 3
December 2015 Week 4
Week 1
Week 2
Community mobilization and meetings Community trainings and awareness program Purchase of materials and supplies Transportation of materials Construction of intake structure Construction of sedimentation tank Construction of storage tank Gravity main pipework Distribution system (Branching, water point construction) Project Opening
The project has progressed well since the start up during the dry season however. One factor that may pose a challenge in the implementation is the weather. Currently it’s been raining within the week and this may affect the 7 layer coating of full cement artwork and of course prolong the drying period of each coating. A 10, 000 – 15,000 Litres ferro cement tank takes 2 full weeks to be completed. The current weather pattern changes may cause another 1 week for completion of the ferro cement tank. This has been factored in the detail implementation plan forecasting on project completion by the second week of December 2015.
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PROJECT SITE VISIT – ADRA PNG AND ELC PNG ADRA PNG and ELC PNG visited Pile community on the 5th November 2015. Stephen and Ruth were representatives from the ELC PNG that joined ADRA PNG Water And Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) team for the trip. Upon arrival at the community, the two water sources were visited and returned to the community. A meeting was conducted with the community for formal introduction of the project and the donor where ELC PNG was in representation of the Leipzig Mission. After the meeting the team returned back to Lae ADRA PNG and ELC PNG visiting the first water source
Visit to the second water source
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Pile community water and sanitation project COMMUNITY TRAINING AND AWARENESS PROGRAM Community Led Total Sanitation was facilitated by ADRA PNG on 15th November 2015 to educate the community on good hygiene practices. The training focused on igniting a change in sanitation behaviour enabling the community to analyse their sanitation condition and to collectively internalize the terrible impact of open defecation on public health and on the entire neighbourhood environment. Since water and sanitation are components that complement each other, this training was conducted to help educate the community to practice good hygiene behaviours and to avoid open defecations which may cause contamination to the water sources and the water point areas. Community participating in the community mapping of open defecation areas
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COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION AND MEETINGS Community all gathered for meetings to discuss and delegate responsibilities accordingly for project start up.
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PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPORTATION OF MATERIALS Procurement of materials commenced on the 3rd -6th November 2015. Hardware materials were purchased from Handyman Hardware and Supplies. The hardware also transported the materials to the project site. Payments of the materials and supplies were done 2 weeks later after the receipt of the first instalment payment. Date rd
3 November 6th November 8th November 15th November 18th November
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Number of Loads for Materials First Load Second Load Third Load Fourth Load Fifth Load
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Pile community water and sanitation project CONSTRUCTION OF WATER SOURCE 1 The construction commenced same time on both catchments for the 2 different systems. The community had divided the man power into 2 groups and delegated each group the responsibility for each water scheme. The community participated in carrying of the gravel and sand. The construction process commenced by construction of the intake structures, construction of the sedimentation tank and currently is progressing on the establishment of the reservoirs ferro cement tank. The concrete base for the ferro cement has been constructed. Currently the both groups are setting up the framework for the ferro cement tank to commence on the first coating. All photos below describe the different stages for the construction process for the intake structure, sedimentation tanks and commencement of the concrete base cement for the ferro tank.
Construction of the intake structure
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Pile community water and sanitation project Exterior view of the intake structure
Interior view of the intake structure showing the fresh flow of water – 90% towards completion
Earthworks of the sedimentation tank area
Framework of the sedimentation tank
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Pile community water and sanitation project Concreted sediment tank
Removal of framework from sediment tank after the concreted has dried
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CONSTRUCTION OF WATER SOURCE 2 Men, women and children carrying gravel half a kilometre to the dam site
Constructing the framework for the catchment
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Pile community water and sanitation project Mixing cement and cementing the first side of the catchment
Framing second side of the catchment, cement mixing and cementing exterior side of the catchment
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Pile community water and sanitation project Cementing the interior part of the catchment
Cementing the side of the catchment
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Above: Catchment half way towards completion.
Below: Concrete base for ferro cement tank. Preparing mesh wire to commence framework for ferro cement tank.
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Pile community water and sanitation project CONCLUSION Generally in spite of the challenges with weather, the project is progressing well. Apart from the community, the ADRA WASH team is been supported by the Seventh Day Adventist Youth who had also voluntarily given their time to provide free labour in the construction of the water supply scheme. The churches have also indicated to provide their support towards the project. We therefore look forward to completing the project with the support of the community and the churches.
