Pakistan

Hushe Water Project - Update December 2007

KE Adventure Travel first fundraised for this project over 15 years ago. Recently it came to KE’s attention that a considerable amount of repair and maintenance work was required. In the spring of 2007, £2200 was raised by KE to assist with this project to enable this work to be carried out, ensuring a clean water supply to the village. As the winter snows melted, work began and throughout the summer of 2007, several KE groups visited the Hushe Valley and reported good progress.

A letter from the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme in Baltistan - 5th December 2007:

"As per measurement of work done at the site, the community have completed 90% of the work physically in November 2007 and the remaining 10% of the work will be completed by the community next year before ASpril 2008. But the community have already started to get benefits from this project. They are using the spring water now. Due to the start of the winter season, they still have to plaster the bottom speed Breaker tank and this will be done in the Spring. The villagers of Hushe would like to thank KE and the Juniper trust for hteir kind donation."

Anwar Ali,  Field Engineer, AKRSP Area Office