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650+ families from the Rambakekuwewa community were desperately in need of clean drinking water.
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A community supply of clean drinking water is needed in Rambakekuwewa to eliminate CKD and other water borne illnesses/
Rambakepuwewa is home to 650 families amounting to 2000 individuals. Residents are mainly farmers with chenna and rice cultivation. Other villagers are daily wage laborers. People in the area struggle daily with no access to clean drinking water. They have to walk 15 kms to Sinhaya Ulpatha to collect clean water. Otherwise they had to pay bowsers who visit the village periodically. The village has a tube well, a common well and an agricultural well- however this water was contaminated. Their groundwater supply is contaminated with calcium deposits. Their wells dry up during the dry months- and they are only able to farm during the wet seasons. There was an RO plant installed in the village but has been disabled for 8 years. There are many kidney patients currently in the area undergoing dialysis- more than 100 others have already died.
Gammadda after consultation with Government Engineers decided to construct a Reverse Osmosis Plant for the residents of Hingurakgoda. The source water was tested to determine RO plant parameters. The RO Plant was installed by the Sri Lanka Navy. Upon completion of the RO Plant- a central water distribution point was established for the community to access freely. Gammadda established a Saviya society for the maintenance and upkeep of the project. The plant now provides 650 families with clean drinking water.