The Shonda Project

Pinewood School have raised money for Shonda in many ways including donations received at the Christmas carol concert and more recently the school play. This has enabled the buying and installation of an electric pump to take water out of the well and feed tanks in the school. In June the installation of the pump, tank, pipes and wiring was undertaken to provide running water at the school for the first time. The water is also sold to local residents to cover electricity costs to pump the water.

A big thank you to the children, parent and staff at Pinewood School for making this happen.

The following photographs tell the story of the project ...

It's a long way down but there's water there!

Inspecting the well to ensure it can support a pump

Aaron and Olivia of Gastro Catering, discussing the pump on their visit in February

The pump is bought ...

A trench is dug for wires and pipes ...

The pump is lowered into the well ...

The tank is prepared ...

... and raised on it's plinth ...

We have water!

The tank above the well

To celebrate water was provided free to the village on the first day

Children take water from the tap