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Building project in Hui Kau Laam

Finally we were able to start with our new building project in Hui Kau Laam. Lately we thought alot about the development work in this village. Last year it was not easy to see any development. Things for the good change in a slow pace, whereas bad things seem to develop much quicker. The problems in Hui Kau Laam are multi layered. Only with patience, much love and continuous investment can bring change and a base for for the the next generation, the children.

We were asked by some parents in the village to start a preschool. Many of the smaller children running around the village without supervision and are overwhelmed when they later have to go to a Thai school and start first grade. They lack discipline, language skills and integration into a schoolroom. Mida is excited about the idea to start a preschool and we already talked about the increase work load and responsibility.

Since quite a while we were thinking about to exchange our old bamboo building with a more sturdy and bigger meeting house and living quarters for Cati and Mida. The old house cannot hold the amount of people we have now on Sundays and would definitely be to small for a preschool.

Here are some pictures from the construction site. We hope to finish the project till the end of the year.

Surveying in Bamboo valley

The bamboo valley is the valley behind Hui Kau Laam. The road ends behind Baan Pong and changes into a adventurous off-road track through the jungle. Last year we installed the 8km. (5.5 miles) water pipe. Our biggest project so far. Even though water is flowing into six tanks in Hui Kau Laam providing water for more then 200 people, is the project not finished yet. The difficult terrain and problems with the pipe it is necessary to invest some more work into this water system. In February fires destroyed pipes and in rainy season we have land slides and great amounts of sand clocking the pipe.

The last view weeks we drove into the valley to survey elevations and asses the problems.

Here some photos.

   

       

Water tanks for Hui kau Laam

In the last months we were very busy with outreaches, teams and projects. It was sometimes hard to keep up with everything. Here once again an update for the questasia site. This morning I created a photo album from our last big project. One year ago we built a 8 kilometer water pipe from the mountains to Hui Kau Laam village. With the help from a swiss team we build the needed water tanks.

Klick on photo!

Water project in Hui Kau Laam (part 3)

Finally the water is flowing into Hui Kau Laam. Apparently more then three liters a minute.  I was not able to confirm it myself (office work was holding me back) but next Monday i will get up into the mountains to do some additional work on the pipeline. I phoned with Enoch the other day and he said that the people are really happy.

Water projekt Hui Kau Laam (part 2)

In the last two weeks we laid nearly eight kilometers of pvc pipe through the mountains. This is the biggest project we have approached so far and will provide water for two villages.
We have finished the main pipe through the mountains and tapped the spring. The way through the jungle is quite challenging as we bring 2000 pvc pipes off-road into the mountains. The whole pipeline was dug and put in by hand.
In the beginning of next year we will build additional water tanks and install the service pipes for the villages.

Villagers on the way into the jungle

Pvc pipes have to be driven off-road into the jungle

The pipeline is going through some difficult landscape

The spring, eight kilometers (5 miles) from the village

Water project in Hui Kau Laam

We are planing the new water project for Hui Kau Laam. Last week Enoch and I went up into the mountains to find the water source where we would be able to tap in. Now we have to survey and calculate everything. We estimated up to ten kilometers of pipe from the mountains to provide two villages with water.  with the pipe we also need to install water tanks, distribution areas and toilets.
Two years ago we installed a smaller water system with two wells and a pump, water tanks and taps. The water in the wells turned bad because of the extensive use of fertilizer and insecticide. There seem to be no laws in place regulating the use of chemicals and there is not much knowledge about it. Two month ago the local government dug one of our wells out and replaced it with a water reservoir. Unfortunately in the ground is sediments and the reservoir does not hold the water very well and there is no fresh water coming in. The reservoir will be without water most of the time.

Toilets for Hui Kau Laam

Last November we had a inroads2asia team in Hui Kau Laum building a toilet for the center. The material for two more toilets is on the way to the village. Another inroads2asia team is going to take care of the project. These projects are done with the arrangement of the village and help the general improvement hygiene. We are also in the planing stages for a water system from the mountains into the village. There is accute lack of clean drinking water. TThe new water project would take care of this. More about that later.

Rain Water collection

The boarding school in Prao has 58 children between 3 and 16 years old. The children come from nine different villages in the surounding mountains. The way to the school would be to long for children, so many stayed away from school. KKampan and his wife Naba started a the boarding school for the children of those villages. In tthe last three years we supported the home with building material to extend the growing home. This summer we installed the rain water collection.