THE 350 villagers, students and teachers of three villages in Burewai, Ra, now have safe and clean drinking water.

The project included sourcing water from natural spring catchments located on a mountain, pumped into two 10,000-litre water tanks and piped to the school, the teachers quarters and individual homes.

The project was completed at a cost of about $15,000 and commissioned at the weekend by Jodiann Smith-Ali, Westpac's human resources manager.

Headteacher Felix Magnus thanked the Rotary Pacific Water for Life Foundation for the project. The Vodafone ATH Fiji Foundation together with FIJI Water Foundation, Westpac Banking Corporation and Punja & Sons of Lautoka are the four local donors of the Rotary Water Foundation.

Offshore funding is received from the Rotary International Foundation.

By: Ioane Burese
Source: Fiji Times
Wednesday, August 25, 2010