LDS Charities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the local government unit (LGU) of Almeria, Biliran signed a P 15.3 million Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the rehabilitation of the municipality’s water system.
The project will benefit Barangays Matanggo and Talahid, particularly Sitio Biasong. It will also improve the existing water system that runs from Brgy. Caucab, Brgy. Pili, and the Poblacion.
Almeria Mayor Dominador Agajan, Benson Misalucha and Elder Hardick of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Kevin Lee of A Single Drop for Safe Water, Inc. signed the MOA.
According to Mayor Agajan, the water system of Almeria Proper sourced from Guiso Spring in Brgy. Caucab will be distributed to Brgy. Pili and will traverse through Sitio Biasong of Brgy. Talahid and Brgy. Matanggo where a reservoir will be constructed.
Water supply in Brgy. Iyosan will also be brought to Poblacion. Existing 6” pipe lines going to Poblacion will be changed to 8” pipes. The water system in the municipality of Almeria is managed by the local government.
The water rehabilitation project will start on February 2013 and is expected to be accomplished in four months. LDS Charities donated P 10,875,893 in cash with a counterpart of P 4,520,890 from the Almeria LGU to complete the project’s funding requirement. Meanwhile, A Single Drop for Safe Water, Inc., a NGO based in Palawan, will be the implementor of the project.
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In a statement shared by Ms. Imelda Jocelyn Montuerto, Municipal Local Government Operations officer of Almeria, the municipality’s counterpart was sourced from a cash incentive from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) as an awardee of the Seal of Good Housekeeping in 2012. The Seal of Good Housekeeping is a recognition given by DILG to local government units who conform to the full disclosure policy and who uphold the principles of accountability and transparency as essential foundations of responsible governance.
More than one billion people in the world lack access to clean water, according to the World Health Organization. Those without clean water often suffer from water-borne diseases such as cholera, diarrhea and typhoid. LDS Charities’ clean water initiative attempts to improve the health of communities by providing access to sustainable potable water sources. Depending on local needs and circumstances, these water sources include wells (or boreholes), water storage and delivery systems, and water purification systems. These clean water projects have enjoyed long-term sustainability because communities are involved in their planning and implementation, and provide the labor. Local community based water committees are trained on system maintenance prior to a project’s completion.