Drinking Water for India--Finalist in the @15 Community Impact Challenge

Introducing Drinking Water for India from Plainsboro, NJ. Drinking Water for India is one of the 15 finalists in the @15 Community Impact Challenge.




A 5013c non-profit, Drinking Water for India run by a group of students at Princeton Day School seeking to bring safe, clean drinking water to villagers in India by installing tube wells in rural communities. Concerned by the disparity in the ease of gaining drinking water between the US – where one just has to turn on a faucet – and India – where villagers often walk for miles to reach a water source, Drinking Water for India is driven by the desire to provide the right of clean water to everyone. To date, they have built 17 wells in rural India (with another 5 wells in progress!), helping over 30,000 villagers.
Each well provides clean drinking water to an average of 1,800 villagers for over 10 years. They have also involved 11 schools in the US in their cause (with approximately 200 students involved), spreading empathy for the hazards of unclean water that Indian villagers have to endure among students.




Drinking Water for India would use the Challenge grant to build 3 more tube-wells in rural India and expand their mission from just building wells to supporting Rainwater Harvesting. These would be implemented in 5 different regions in India where the organization has already built tube wells. As the rainwater collects, it eventually drips down to the water table underground, and replenishes the supply of the nearby well and other existing water sources. As such, the new Rainwater Harvesting initiative would also ensure that farmers of the villages have better crops.









Between March 15-April 2, 2010, you get to decide which five of the 15 finalist teams of young social entrepreneurs will each receive $5,000 and which five teams will receive $1,500 each to expand their local ventures. So be sure to cast your vote on at15 between March 15 - April 2, 2010.