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The Rotary Club of Calgary+

The Rotary Club of Lombok+

=cleaner water for

Kebon Talo, Indonesia

Where is Lombok?What is CAWST?

How did we get into a JV There?

Lombok next island

to Bali

The Joint Venture Background

The small Lombok Rotary Club ( 25 members) wanted to help a poor kampong Kebon Talo that had no clean water and poor sanitation ergo poor community health.

The Lombok Team

Let’s look at the water and sanitation conditions in the village( Kampong) that prompted Lombok Rotary to want to help

Skin Rash from Contaminated water

Cross Contamination Bath to Well

Public Mandi ( Bath)

Water well for Public Bath

Tom H Loucks

Note

The first and last thing done in a day in an Indonesian Kampung is to Bathe. The intentions are wonderful but in this poor Kampung the desire to stay clean is offset by the contamination of the shallow reservoir

This well was very close to the Public Bath

Shallow well ( 3 meters) No cover and easy access using the common pail

Tom H Loucks

Note

The village population is about 400 people. Most use the Public Latrines. Some houses have private sewage disposal septic tanks, but the raw sewage from both often seeps into the shallow aquiver that provides well water to most of the villagers

Lombok Rotary Finds technical and Financial Help

• Using the world wide web Lombok looked for technical help to fix the water and sanitation problem at Kebon Talo

• Lombok Rotary also needed financial help• CAWST in Calgary was the technical

choice and assisted to find funding• Our Bruce Fenwick is a CAWST Director• The connection was made with our club

BioBio--Sand Water FiltersSand Water Filters::

Filter Lid

Prevents contaminants from entering the filter

Very Fine Sand Layer

Traps organic and inorganic material at the top of the filter media

Diffuser Plate

Protects the ‘schmutzdecke from damage when water is poured into the filter

Standing Water Layer

Keeps the schmutzdecke alive during pause periods.

Fine Sand

Permits additional trapping of contaminants

Outlet Pipe

Conducts effluent from filter base to outside

Gravel Underdrain

Promotes vertical flow of water into collector pipe

Filter DescriptionFilter Description

The Project Plan and Proposal

• Bruce lead the charge to get Lombok to do the plan, budget and financial controls for presentation and approval by our funding committee.

Success!• . Our Club and a private donor

provided $US10,000 to make the JV possible

• I was asked to be part of this project because of my long term association with Indonesia

• Bruce is the leader. He is telling me pick up the shovel and get busy

The Lombok Team was driven by

• The President of the Club, a wonderful Indonesian lady

• A Canadian Drilling Engineer• A retired British water and sanitation

engineer• An American who owns the local

newspaper • The support group of at least 8 other

dedicated Rotary Members

The Lombok Rotary Team

Tom H Loucks

Note

Len Edelman drilling engineer from Ponoka A real doer. He was the as we say in the Oil Business the TOOL PUSHER., President of the club, Madam Ace, three Expats involved in the fabrication of the moulds and Water filter tanks construction, some of the Ladies in Lombok Rotary. And a young man who acted as interpreter where required

RESULTS• One hundred Bio Filters were constructed tested

and 97 put into homes and the school • The president and her helpers got the local

health nurses to visit and talk to the Lurah and his people on how to use the filters and improve sanitation.

• Special Wall hang-ups were printed to show the basics of “How To”

• CASWT/ROTARY T Shirts worn By Volunteers to identify with the project

• The filters are in place and being used

Lets Look AT SOME PICTURES

• The following are pictures taken in Mid February through until October

• The filters and related promotion to the Villagers cost less than budgeted. The left over funds about $3,000 were used To:

• Buy Desks for the children in primary School( they had been sitting on the cement floor)

• A desk, books and black board for the Teacher. Village could pay him a stipend +/- $30 per month but had no capital funds

• Construct a proper Latrine at the school . Just now completed

• We got a lot of mileage for our $10,000

Lloyd being welcomed to Kebon Talo

Lloyd Flood in Kebon Talo13 Feb 2005

Kebon Talo villagers learning to use their new water filters

Tom H Loucks

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Lombok Rotary got the district health nurses to do the teaching. Better them than the ORANG ASING( Foreigners). It is the nurses who are known and trusted.

Villagers “testing” a filter, May 2005

Tom H Loucks

Note

A group of known and respected people in the village did a “ITS AN OKAY TEST”

The children of Kebon Talo

Tom H Loucks

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Lots of Kids( approaching 100). It gets dark early , no television, so not much to do I guess

School children and President with clean water filters May’05

Tom H Loucks

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Water filters were built for the school.

School supplies from R C of C

Tom H Loucks

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Believe it or not this teacher was trying to teach school with no books, no desk, no black board etc. Lucky Lombok Rotary was under budget and had a needy place to spend the remaining money( we approved that)

Students at school because of the Rotary

Club of Calgary

Tom H Loucks

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The kids had been sitting on a concrete floor, so now they have work tables and benches., and some books, papers and pencils

The New Septic Latrine at the School As At Nov 1st,

(Now completed)

Tom H Loucks

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What to say except that now with clean water and proper sanitation at the school , water and sewage infections and dysentery are way down. Program includes “Hand washing for the Kids"

ANOTHER ROTARY PLUS

Rotary Polio vaccine day

Tom H Loucks

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Rotary sponsors Polio Vaccinations in the District during the summer months of 2005

SUMMING UP• We Brought Clean Water to 400 People• We Improved the Basic Living Conditions in the

village• We Helped 100 small children get an improved

place to Learn• We built new friendships with fellow Rotarians• Let’s continue to partner with Rotary clubs and

CAWST as part of our Rotary World Service to bring better health to those in need.

• Bruce and I are honored to have helped make the Lombok Project a Success for our Club

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