Before and After Relocation

We take drinking water for granted. On Sunut Island there was one old well that only provided a small amount of brown water. So this had to be boiled before it could be used. Then in about 2010 the well dried up. 

As an island community, the basics of life were never available. Forget washing, when you need water to cook with.  

During the construction of the new village, we built two vast water storage tanks at each end of the village. One is pictured here. These are connected by underground pipes to each home to supply fresh water. Its not perfect yet as we still need to refill the tanks by lorry. We hope in the not too distant future we will get the mains water pipeline finished.