Thursday, March 28, 2024

Water challenges at Mae Keed village !

During 11-12  March 2024, we got contacts from leaders of Mae Keed village. They need us to support water challenges at the village 

        This Karen village located  at Mae Na Jang  Subdistrict, Mae La Noi District, Mae Hong Son Province, in the northern Thailand. There are 96 households in the village. The villagers relied on hill water system. The water head of the village loated at a hill, four kilometers  to the east of the village.

The water challenges at the village are; 

1)  At the village's water head  only small amonut  in dry season is  not enough for the 96 households. 2)The  pvc pipes transporting water from the water head to the village's water tanks are broken for dome 1.5 kilometers.                                                                                                                                  3) the village's water tanks are very old and some are broken and warer leaking. So the tanks cannot store enough water for the HHs consumptions.

We planned to go to the site to learn the challenges and how to over come the challenges with the village's leaders  in early April ! 

Would you like to join us ?


Mae Keed Village location


water at the village's water head in rainy season 




the broken pipe











water leaking from the tank













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