ACCORDING TO THE HADITH OF OUR HOLY PROPHET (PBUH), IT IS EVIDENT THAT ALLAH (SWT) (GOD) REWARDS AND HELPS THE PERSON HELPING.  IT SHOULD BE AN HONOR FOR US THAT ALLAH (SWT) (GOD) HAS CHOSEN US.

ON JANUARY 28,2024 THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE OPENING OF THE WATER WELL IN ZONE SILTE DISTRICT WAS IMPLEMENTED BY BILALUL HABESHI COMMUNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT & SUPPORT.  THE WATER WELL IS NOW COMPLETED AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY HOUSING 1 HEALTH CENTER AND 2 CLINICS. LUNCH WAS ALSO SERVED TO THE COMMUNITY AND OFFICIALS IN ATTENDENCE. (SEE VIDEOS) 

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Hagere Community Development Association–Concise Project Completion Report

I. Project Funded by:  Blue Horizon Charity Inc.
II. Implemented by: Bilalul Habeshi Community for Development and Support
III. Project Title:  Creating access to safe water by functionalizing a machine drilled shallow well

Location: Town/Village: Kuno, District/Woreda: Silti, Zone: Silte
Region: Central Ethiopia National Regional State
Country: Ethiopia – GPS Coordinates: 8°03’16.0″N 38°25’47.9″E, Distance from Addis Ababa:  155 kilometers.

IV. Project Duration
According to the project funding agreement signed, the project was planned to start on the 25th of October 2023 and end up on the 25th of November 2023. However, due to some technical and security issues the inauguration and handover ceremony of the project was delayed by two months and inaugurated on January 28, 2024.

V. Project Components or Major Project Activities
The project had three main components namely: water tank seat, 10,000 liters capacity plastic water tanker and SOLAR PUMP with complete accessories. These were the three main pillars when HCDA embark on of the project. Here are below the works done:

 Water Tanker Seat
● One masonry 2.40m*2.4m water tank seat with 1.3m height. Note:  additional one masonry water tank seat with 3.5m*2.5m with 2.2m height size built by the local government

Plastic Water Tank
● Ten thousand liters capacity plastic water purchased and provided as well as installed with the water source.  Note: One additional 10,000 liters fiber tank was bought by the local gov’t to cope up with the water demand

Water Distribution Points:
● A Water point with six faucets has been constructed and installed. Note: two additional water points were installed (one with two faucets within the health center and another in the compound of the nearby high school with ten faucets)

Solar Pump One 1.4KW submersible pump
Four solar panels (250W each). Note: Four panels were added to enhance the water discharge.
PN 16 HDPE=OD=1.5” and fittings (elbow, sockets, union, reducers, etc.)

Special Achievements:
● Work has started to connect the water lines in the building of the health center, which has not been used for many years, to the new line to provide water services to each service room of the health center.

VI. Project Beneficiaries
Originally, the plan was to address the water needs of the community of the Kuno town and patients coming for treatment at the health center and the clinic.  However, after the various improvements had made in the components of the project works, the number and types of beneficiaries have been changed. Categorically, the beneficiaries can be divided into:

● Regular users: more than 1200 households.
● Irregular users (market day & travelers):
●Daily health center visitors (in & out patients):
● Pregnant women and deliveries:
● Expansion Works:

● The water line is extended to a high school to supply students and school staff
● There is a plan to extend the water line into two directions at the periphery of the town with two water points.

VII. Coverage and Inauguration Ceremony

The inauguration was held on January 28, 2024.  Senior leaders of the zone, district officials, invited guests, religious leaders, regular government leaders, along with the local community and others attended the inauguration ceremony with more than 2,000 in attendance. In addition to the inauguration ceremony, food was prepared for everyone, many of those who could not afford to eat meat.

Those who give, out of their own possessions, by night and by day, in private and in public will have their reward with their Lord.” (2:274)