Daycare Flood Prevention & Water Purification Project

The Daycare


Serving Water After Lunch



Greetings all,

Sorry for the hiatus. We (meaning myself and all the individuals I work with in and out of site & Peace Corps) have been super busy! Projects are galvanizing before our eyes and it's nothing but a beautiful thing.

Before i jump into current events, I wanted to link my readers to our water & sanitation project currently underway. Below is the original project summary similar to the one on the Peace Corps Partnership Program website: https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=donate.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=493-161

The Daycare Development Center is a children’s center under supervision of the Sub-District Administrative Office located in Thailand’s Northeastern province of Sisaket. Jaidee Daycare accommodates 60 students, ages 2-4. The building itself sits on a on a lowland silt area. Consequently, during the rainy season, water enters the building and permeates the bottom structure. This leaves teachers and children fending off rising waters and unsanitary conditions brought on by flooding. The first phase of this project addresses the flooding issue by constructing a new drainage system and elevating common ground around the daycare with concrete beams. Two diagonal gutters starting at the roof will funnel rainwater into a drain connected to the village drainage system. In addition, concrete beams affixed around the structure will prevent water from entering the building.

Phase two of this project entails purchasing a water purification tank connected to a common water canteen as well as the installment of sinks with running water. In addition to daycare teachers and children, approximately 1,452 local villages residents will be able to access this water source for drinking and household use. Currently, drinking water must be purchased from an outside source, which is often time-consuming, costly, and inefficient—most importantly, the water quality is not guaranteed. Water for personal use is accessed from local wells filled with unsanitary ground water, which is unsuitable for even hand-washing and brushing teeth. Teachers, parents, and local-administrators alike recognize the importance of this project and have pledged the necessary outputs to complete both project phases before the cool season begins in early November.



Visit from Peace Corps Thailand Administrators



Flooding...



Children Washing Up--notice the lack of sinks?