HOPE’s Youth Wing From USA visited Karachi To Review Hand Pumps Installed With Their Support.

HOPE, an educational NGO in Pakistan ,  has been helping the needy of rural  Sindh to obtain clean drinking water . Water is the single most important nutrient of life.Without water life simply is unsustainable. And although potable, drinking water fit for human consumption is plentiful in many countries and regions of the world, it is either not available or very scarce in other parts of this planet. The province of Sindh in Pakistan happens to be one of the places where water is chronically short besides being dirty and contaminated.

In this regard HOPE’s youth wing in the US  focused their efforts amongst other youth groups and  students providing them full awareness of the non-availability of drinking water in rural Sind . This resulted in the formation of a support group eager to provide financial support for installation of hand pumps in selected areas in dire need of water.

HOPE, a health  NGO in Pakistan, was entrusted in selecting the populated areas in extreme need on drinking water. Three such places for setting up the hand pumps were selected and hand pumps were successfully installed.

As usual, and as already known to the HOPE team from experience, the hand pumps required deep drilling beyond 200 feet to reach the subterranean water. This is also necessary to maintain continous flow of water at all times.

Members of HOPE’s  Youth Wing based in the US visited Pakistan to view and inspect  these hand pumps in person and advise their friends and colleagues in the US  of the  quality of pumps, the places selected and also the benefits derived from this activity. They were not disappointed. In fact they were very happy to note that their efforts had produced such positive results and was assisting whole communities.

The three selected places where the hand pumps were installed are :

a} Faiz Muhammad Goth – approximately 46 kilometers from city center with 70 to 80 individual families residing here

b} Wazir Ibrahim Goth : approximately same distance as Faiz Muhammad Goth but  more towards north east of the city center with approximately 55 families residing in this village.

c} Ramazan Haidery Goth: approximately 60 kilometers from Karachi with 60 families residing in this goth/village.

HOPE’s US youth wing’s representative Mr Ayman was accompanied by his younger brother and also their uncle and grandfather. All of them were  extremely overjoyed to see how their support had benefitted all the three communities – especially with the fact that installation of these pumps  saved these communities from migrating to areas with better accessibility to water.

Each of the  three communities in their thankful appreciation of the support provided by  Mr Ayman and friends presented them all with the traditional Sindhi Ajrak  – This visit to the hand pumps location took all of one full day and well in to the evening

As always particular attention was given by Dr MubinaAgboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi, in the selection of the sites for the pumps. Quality and material of the hand-pumps is also closely checked by Dr MubinaAgboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi. The water being extracted by hand pumps so far installed  is potable and fit for human consumption.