Water for Life Projects Flood Update

Over 5.5 million people have no access to safe drinking water.

In the recent flood-affected areas, safe drinking water is now a priority due to the destruction of many village water pumps and water wells.

Ehsaas donors have provided local communities with 6,800 Water Pumps and Wells to date providing water to over 110,000 people.

There is an urgent requirement to provide more new water pumps and water wells as soon as possible and, to repair many of the water pumps and water wells that have already been provided by our donors. If you have installed a water facility with Ehsaas, please contact us for an update and if any repairs are required – which you may want to help with.

Ehsaas is on the ground in Balochistan and Sindh and is evaluating its water pumps and water wells and where new ones are required, and is still helping as many families as possible with Emergency Flood Aid.

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Videos of 4 different wells/pumps shot by the local community…

Before implementing a Large Water Well with a Solar Pump

During implementing a Large Water Well with a Solar Pump

Clean water available to all from a Large Hand Pump

Clean water available to all from a Large Hand Pump

Ehsaas has, with your generous support, provided clean and safe drinking water for thousands of poor families in Pakistan.

Hundreds of water-holes and hand pumps have been installed, mainly in the centre of villages, to ensure that more families have access and can benefit from these hand pumps

Ehsaas has installed 6,800 Water Pumps and Wells to date providing water to over 110,000 people – Thank You.

Small Water Well with a hand pump

These water wells and pumps are installed within 6 to 7 months after the donation is received, dependent on our surveyors who assess its location and feasibility before commencement. Approximately 450+ beneficiaries can have water from these installations in a day. The installation includes a machine pump and a water storage tank and outlets to access the water. A platform is also made from which animals can drink water and any waste water is drained to supply water to plants. The wells are installed in isolated areas of Tharparkar Districts. Depth of pumps start from 250+ feet.

A Small Water Well with a hand pump installed in an isolated area of interior Sindh costs £695

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Large Water Well with a Submersible Solar Pump

These water wells with solar pumps are installed within 6 to 7 months after the donation is received, dependent on our surveyors who assess its location and feasibility before commencement. Approximately 1,000+ beneficiaries can have water from these installations in a day. The installation includes a solar submersible pump and a water storage tank and outlets to access the water. A platform is also made from which animals can drink water and any waste water is drained to supply water to plants. The wells are installed in isolated areas of Tharparkar District. Depth of pumps start from 300+ feet.

A Solar Submersible Pump – run using solar panels:
has no electricity costs; has a long operating life; is durable and reliable; is easy to operate; can help irrigate crops and water livestock; can provide water in high-demand times and is eco-friendly.

Why not help provide a life-changing donation…

  • in your name
  • in your loved-ones name or
  • in the name of your loved-ones that have passed away

Safe water supplies, hygienic sanitation and good water management are fundamental to global health. In addition, 5 million people can be protected from being seriously incapacitated from lymphatic filariasis and another 5 million from trachoma.

Water-borne diseases are rampant in many economically depressed rural areas of Pakistan because clean running water is simply not available.

The only alternative is to install hand pumps or deep wells (drilled wells) to draw clean water from the ground depending on the depth of the water table. The depth of the potable water table varies from 20 to 3000 feet (6 to 910 meters) depending on the region and local topography.

Almost a tenth of global disease can be prevented by:

  • increasing access to safe drinking water
  • improving sanitation and hygiene and
  • water management to reduce risks of water-borne infectious diseases

Annually, safer water can prevent:

  • 1.4 million child deaths from diarrhoea
  • 860,000 child deaths from malnutrition and
  • 280,000 deaths from drowning.