When I was in college I did Engineers Without Borders and we were working on a well in Nepal.
They had already built a well there like 2-3 years ago. It turns out the natives literally ripped the well out of the ground and sold the metal for scrap.
The children were also getting incredibly sick because when they had the well they would rub poop all over the spout.
They had already built a well there like 2-3 years ago. It turns out the natives literally ripped the well out of the ground and sold the metal for scrap.
The children were also getting incredibly sick because when they had the well they would rub poop all over the spout.
I keep getting questions as to why the kids were rubbing poop on the spout.
We spent 2 weeks developing an educational program and pamphlets explaining to wash their ass away from the spout and to use soap on their hands.
They simply wouldn't. These weren't like 4-5 year olds.
10-15 year old kids would poop not 20 feet away from the well, wipe their butt with their hands, walk over, and "wash" their hands by rubbing their hands all over the spout to get the shit off.
It was unbelievable.
We spent 2 weeks developing an educational program and pamphlets explaining to wash their ass away from the spout and to use soap on their hands.
They simply wouldn't. These weren't like 4-5 year olds.
10-15 year old kids would poop not 20 feet away from the well, wipe their butt with their hands, walk over, and "wash" their hands by rubbing their hands all over the spout to get the shit off.
It was unbelievable.
The solution we developed to all of this was a well where the spout was out of reach and the entire system was encased in concrete to deter people digging it up.
The way one would get water was to use a rope that when repeatedly pulled would pump the water out of the spout.
We had already given up on teaching them to not rub their feces covered hands all over the spout, so we figured that if it was high enough off the ground then it wouldn't get covered anyway.
By the time I graduated one of my friends told me the well was destroyed and sold for scrap...
The way one would get water was to use a rope that when repeatedly pulled would pump the water out of the spout.
We had already given up on teaching them to not rub their feces covered hands all over the spout, so we figured that if it was high enough off the ground then it wouldn't get covered anyway.
By the time I graduated one of my friends told me the well was destroyed and sold for scrap...
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