MANILA, Philippines - Members of Got Agua?, an international water charity with headquarters in Pasadena, California, recently completed additional water projects in Barangay Halang, Calamba City, Laguna.
Got Agua? is focused on providing supply of safe water, and sanitation and hygiene facilities to children and their families in India, Africa, and the Philippines.
To achieve its goals, Got Agua?’s strategy is simple: it works with local communities to provide local solutions to a community’s water needs.
In Sitio Palanan, Barangay Halang, Got Agua? worked with barangay chairman Eulogio Precilla and his staff to install a piping system connecting two wells that were otherwise cut off to the community during the rainy season.
The innovative solution permits the wells to irrigate rice fields and provide clean drinking water to the residents on a year-round basis.
Also in Barangay Halang, the Got Agua? team drilled a new well to replace wells that have become contaminated.
The piping system and new well in Barangay Halang now serves more than 1,500 residents. With these projects, Got Agua? is now providing water to more than 10,000 people in both the Philippines and India. In the Philippines, it is now providing water to 3,000 Filipinos.
“We are delighted by the partnership forged between the residents of Barangay Halang and Got Agua? and the warm hospitality that we received from the community,†said Connor Hickey, Got Aqua? president.
After the Barangay Halang projects were completed, Lauren Triggiani, Got Agua?’s vice president issued a challenge: “Let’s think big. Let’s band together and deliver water to 10,000 Filipinos.â€