{"id":3722,"date":"2017-06-08T23:09:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T23:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gophilanthropic.org\/?p=3722"},"modified":"2019-05-03T20:56:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T20:56:20","slug":"new-paradigm-brings-water-ban-namnga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gophilanthropic.org\/new-paradigm-brings-water-ban-namnga\/","title":{"rendered":"New Paradigm Brings Water to Ban Namnga"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Paradigm\u2019s ‘Casual for a Cause’ Gives the Gift of Clean Water<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

In November 2016, we shared a dire situation with New Paradigm concerning a remote Laos farming and fishing village along the Mekong. Here clean water was available only a few months a year, leaving the 500 some families in the village of Ban Namnga with no safe water to use for drinking, cooking or even personal hygiene. The village\u2019s water pipes were old, corroded and badly cracked and the water tank held very little water most of the year and what was in the tank was typically contaminated.<\/p>\n

After a fact finding visit and some discussions, our GoPhil partner, Laos Educational Opportunities Trust<\/a> (LEOT), met with the village headman and came up with a solution that required purchasing and laying new pipes and the installation of a new water tank. The villagers agreed that they would work along side LEOT if LEOT could find a funding source. That is when New Paradigm stepped in with their ‘Casual for a Cause’ donation.<\/p>\n

The Outcomes<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Just a few months ago we were able to report to you on the successful completion of Phase 1: renewing the pipe from the original water source to the village. Now we are pleased to let you know that Phase 2 and 3 have been completed as well. New pipes have been laid and buried and a new and larger reinforced water tank has just recently been installed.<\/p>\n\n\t\t