God Loves Yadav

Flood-proof elevated water stations provide... hope, health and life for Bihar flood victims.

Bihar, one of the poorest states of India, home for more than 90 million people, (includes more than 13 million Yadavs) suffers every year because of floods. They usually start in August.

Over the last 10 years the floods have increasingly killed more and more people and damaged and destroyed more and more houses, etc.

• 1996: 207 people died

• 1999: 800,000 people homeless

• 2001: 8 million people homeless

• 2007: 15 million people homeless, more than 1,000 died, 14,000 houses destroyed, 44,000 houses damaged…

• 2008: Again the flood affected millions of people (over 2.3 million people in the northern part of Bihar). 220,000 houses destroyed…. More than 2,000 died, …
  
  (Photo taken from http://dutchmillenniumfoundation.nl)

 "Yearly thousands of people have no way to survive without shelter or clean drinking water."

What happens during the floods?
(taken from http://kanka-gajendra.org/)  

• All normal water supplies, stored food, growing crops and seeds for the next year’s crops are heavily contaminated and rendered useless by flood water.
• Having fled from their flooded homes, the majority of people are unable to rescue their livestock.
• The people can’t boil or sterilize the poor quality water that is available to them.
• This situation often leads to serious infections and diseases.
• Therefore, those using the wells during flood periods should be provided with suitable sealable containers with screw tops so that they can transport the clean well water safely through the floods to the point of use without risk of contamination by the flood water.

A solution?!

• Constructing flood-proof elevated water stations will provide many people clean water for drinking and washing.
• Having clean drinking water and having the opportunity to bath and wash clothes with clean water will also strongly reduce the health problems.

The floods are like a nightmare but we have a dream…

"Flood-proof elevated water stations being constructed in every affected village."

What do we need?

• Finances: The price to build 1 flood-proof elevated water station is 30,000 - 40,000 Indian Rupees, equal to about 500 - 650 Euro or 600 - 800 US Dollar.
• Finances to provide suitable sealable containers with screw tops.
• Volunteers to help us raising funds.
• Global and local people / organizations to help us constructing the water stations.
• Peoples / organizations to teach the villagers on hygiene, health and safety matters.