Provision of safe drinking water Access to clean drinking water is the number one infrastructural problem in rural villages. People have to travel long distances to fetch water from streams, ponds or wells. Women and children are spending most of their time collecting water and therefore children, especially girls, do not have time to go to school. To alleviate such interrelated problems, Light of life international ministry undertakes water supply projects parallel to supporting schools. Water projects are accomplished by the Light of life international ministry every year. In 2024, clean drinking water was supplied to one of the remote villages where there is shortage of water. The water well was dug manually to a depth of 46 meters. A power-driven submersible-pump was installed to pump water up to the surface. The submersible-pump is operated by electric power. However, the electric power supply in the country is not reliable. Electric blackouts happen frequently during the day and at times the blackout remains for several days or weeks. This necessitated the need for water storage. For this purpose, a water storage-tank was bought from a distributor and transported to the location. The water tank has a storage capacity of 2000 liters (= 2 m3 water). The storage tank can be filled whenever there is electric power and makes water available at times Provision of safe drinking water: (a) started serving 3000 people Picture 16: Villagers collecting water and a lady pulling a cart along with her kids. She is already carrying a baby on her back in addition to the four children behind the cart. Normally, such a cart is pulled by a donkey but since this family does not own a donkey, the women had to pull it. Yet, sheis very happy that she could get water in her village; otherwise she would have traveled longer distances to collect water for her family