Building tap stand communities
A potable water project in Torrijos, Marinduque
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(Extract from the article) For the residents of the two remote barangays in Torrijos, Marinduque, the operation of a PEF-funded potable water project has not only spared them from expensive yet unclean sources of drinking water but has helped build communities otherwise obscured by poverty and deprivation of social services. Now serving a combined number of 255 households, the Matuyatuya- Suha Water System project has built a total of 34 tap stands for the two neighboring Barangays of Suha and Matuya-tuya, located 13 to 15 kilometers (respectively) away from poblacion Torrijos and 45 kilometers from Marinduque provincial capitol. In 2006, the Torrijos Municipal Employees Association (TORMEA) developed a proposal that resulted in PEF’s almost P2 Million worth of fund support to the project. While the need for potable water was apparent, TORMEA at that time had to work harder to make the project gain support from community leaders. “At first, we had hard time convincing the barangay captains to support the project because of their failed experience in the past water project,” TORMEA president Meynardo Basco recalled. How the project was built and how it is now managed and maintained can be credited much to the social preparation work facilitated by PEF’s local partner, the Torrijos Municipal Employees Association (TORMEA), and the renewed enthusiasm of community members in helping bring potable water to their backyards. You can download the entire formatted article in PDF format here. |
