Safe Water Scheme Construction- Chagua Derba Kebele, DebreElias Woreda

ORDA Ethiopia's John’s Rig Wash Project, funded by Welt hunger hilfe through VIVA CON AGUA, works on potable water supply, hygiene and sanitation (WaSH) activities to be carried out in 5 woredas (Gozamen, Sinan, Aneded, Debre-Elias & Machakel districts of East Gojjam Zone) and benefits 205 thousand beneficiaries by delivering safe water schemes and 280 thousand beneficiaries by keeping their hygiene and sanitation with an allocated budget of over €8.8 million.

One of the projects undertaken by the project is the construction of a large source of potable water in Chagua Derba Kebele, in Debre Elias Woreda. The water scheme is equipped with 100,000 liters of a water tanker and provides safe drinking water to 10,000 residents.

Generally, the project has built 78 shallow borehole constructions, 7 deep well construction, 4 spring developments, 28 ventilated pit latrines in 14 community schools, 56 model household pit latrines, and has improved safe drinking water coverage and environmental hygiene & sanitation in those interventions area.