TRIBAL VILLAGE WATER PROGRAM (TVWP) |
A GALLERY OF PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING STAGES OF THE PROGRAM |
| 1. Adivasi village - huts are often located on a hilltop. | 5. Villagers discuss the TVWP during a meeting with Dr. Faillace, "Tino", and his wife Kathe and agree on their participation. | 9. Bucket pump is manufactured by a local workshop, |
| 2. Larger villages may have a "mandir" for the local deities. | 6. The drilling machines arrives , crews begin their work and end the drilling joyously. | 10. A temple to the Lord Ganesh, remover of obstacles, is included on the well site to add respect and sacredness to the village's clean water supply. |
| 3.Village huts are made of sticks plastered with clay soil and cow dung. | 7.People participate during the construction of the platform and installation of the pump. They supply labor and materials.Children love to help. | 11. "Pooja" ceremony is performed at conclusion of the well construction and "Prasad" is distributed to the villagers. |
| 4. TVWP gives priority to villages whose only water source are polluted rudimentary pits. | 8. The completed pump, either a hand pump or a bucket pump is installed on the platform. | 12. Finally, a villagers reap the benefits of their labor and the program's organization. |