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Hand Pumps for Community Water Supply
Location: Moradani Village, Mir Pur Sakro District Thatta Sindh.
Project Duration: July 2015- September 2015
Cost of pumps financed by: Mr. Afroz Hussaini
Implementing Partners: Lodhie Foundation & Shaan Technologies Private Limited
Total Pumps Installed: 10
Beneficiaries: 465 Household with an estimated population of 3600 Peoples.
Pakistan is one of the most water stressed countries in the world where total actual renewable water resources have been decreasing day by day. Presently water resources in Pakistan decreased from 5000 cubic meters per capita in 1951 to 1100 cubic meters in last year.
Currently, over 35 percent of Pakistan’s population does not have access to safe drinking water. The quality of drinking water supply is poor, with bacterial contamination, arsenic, fluoride and nitrate being the factors of major concern. Province of Sindh is one of the highly water scarce province of Pakistan. Deterioration in water quality and contamination of lakes, rivers and groundwater aquifers has resulted in increased waterborne diseases and other health impacts.
Coastal belt of Sindh is one of the highly effected areas where decreased inflow in Indus river delta is resulting in salt water intrusion from sea. This reduced water inflow destabilized eco system as well as made drinking water availability a major problem for the people especially women.
Mirpur Sakro is one of the water scarce area near coastal belt of Sindh. It is 90 kilometers away from Karachi. Since last 2 years Lodhie Foundation is providing relief to the community through installing hand pumps is this area. Lodhie Foundation is very grateful to Syed Afroze Hussaini for his generous support for the installation of 10 hand pumps in Village Mora Dani and surrounding areas located in Mirpur Sakro district Thatta Sindh.
Pumps Installation was started in Mid of August 2015 and finished in 3rd week of September 2015. Before the installation of pumps near their houses, women are used to travel 1 to 5 Kilometers to fetch a pot water for their families and cattle.
At the completion time of Hand pump installation nearly 465 households of village MoraDani and surrounding areas were enjoying clean water near their houses. Earlier they were dependent on open reservoirs, canals or open wells for drinking water. Women have to walk quiet a distance to fetch water and multiple rounds are performed to collect sufficient amount of water for their daily usage. Before the installation of hand pumps women have to walk 1 to 5 km, to fetch water which need 1 to 3 hours. Now the
condition has been improved drastically as, water is available near their homes which is a blessing for families and their cattle. Pump water is used for domestic purpose and drinking.
Availability of spare parts for repair and maintenance is not easy in remote areas. To overcome this problem each pump is supplied with necessary spares to keep it maintain without any delay.
Well, what a day this was.
I received a phone call from the Calibre safety superintendent about an hour and a half before taking these shots. I was asked if I would be happy to shoot the photos for the 365 days, no lost time injuries celebration on site, to which I told her that I would be happy to. I was then asked if I had my camera on site. Laughing I replied, when don’t I have my camera?
I locked the gate house and rushed back to camp to collect my camera. I returned a short time later and readied my camera with the appropriate lens and a fully charged battery, plus a spare, just in case it failed mid shoot.
I was picked up by the Paramedic and ESO as they passed through the gate to go to the celebration.
Now this was quite nerve wracking for me because I had not actually touched my camera for about three months, or maybe more. I was also going to be shooting in manual as the sun was going to be quite harsh at that time of the day and I needed to control the light and contrast from in camera with all intentions of being able to manipulate it in post once I returned to the gate house. Sure most people say get it right in camera and then you won’t need to use post, but if I can shoot and get it right in camera to be able to manipulate it to how it needs to look in post, then that is how I will do it.
Whilst the group of workers were gathering I took about 20 practice shots in manual mode in preparation for the real shots. By the time every one was in position I had my camera set up to the specifications that I needed and this made it easier to be able to direct them to what I was doing and how I wanted them to act.
One of the shots is a panorama and thankfully due to all my settings being configured prior to the group coming together I was able to direct them to hold the pose whilst I took a sequence of 4 photos and not to move during this time. It worked quite well apart from the fact that I kept my auto focus on and this gave the picture a bit of a stretched out effect once the shots were stitched together. But the boss was still happy with the result and that’s all that mattered to me.
After the group shoot it was time for the BHP operations manager to speak to the group. I was not aware that this was going to happen so I had to make a quick decision to join the group and listen to what he was saying or document the moment for future reference. I decided to document it, much to the delight of the people involved in the organising of the day, conveyed to me after handing over the pictures.
After that came the BBQ in the McConnell Dowell crib area. I decided to continue the documentation of the day throughout this time, whilst catching a quick bite to eat off the BBQ where I could.
All in all the people that asked me to take the photos were happy with the results and that is all I wanted to hear at the end of the day.
Well done to all involved over that full year in making the site a safe place to work.
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Somewhere after Rif (northern Snaefellsnes Peninsula) we came across a group of horses being driven by a sheep dog. This beauty stood out... Iceland.
These are actually 2 different shells placed one behind the other to give a magnified reflected effect.
I've always loved M.C. Escher, and the impossible objects he created. This is an example of the droste effect, and it tickles my eyes.
the jaws not so special effect was so bad it made me laugh out loud, i was given dirty stares by other tourists, whoops
A nice effect I discovered, due to the alternating nature of the signals, if you shake the LEDs back and forth rapidly you get a nice alternating effect due to the persistence of vision, even with the digital camera!
Sedos presents The Effect by Lucy Prebble, 21 to 25 March 2023 at the Bridewell Theatre.
Part psychological thriller, part chemical romance, The Effect is a play that can truly challenge an audience.
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Photo by Stephen Russell
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PHILADELPHIA - October 25, 2019
Roxborough escaped with a 10-8 victory over Boys Latino, and will face Imhotep in the next round of the Public League playoffs.
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