Wine to Water

   On Thursday, September 6th, Wine to Water gave a presentation at Appalachian State University about what they do and more specifically, what they did for Nepal a couple of years ago.
   Wine to Water is an amazing organization who does their best to supply water to developing countries. They put up wells in areas where civilians have to walk extremely far to get something that's such a basic necessity. Water insecurity is becoming a bigger problem globally with every passing year. This organization is doing everything that they can do to make people's lives easier. One example of how they did this was in Nepal.
   In April of 2015, Nepal was hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. It was devastating to the country, especially considering people were already struggling before the natural disaster. Wine to Water was informed of the circumstances and asked if they could help. Unfortunately, it didn't seem that their efforts would be effective there. It looked like they couldn't aid those in need but amazingly, an Appalachian State student and professor both had personal ties to Nepal and were determined to help any way that they could. They brought this to W|W's attention and were quick to take action.
   Soon after they decided to go overseas, a group of volunteers was sent to a village in Nepal called Dahakhani. Here, people had to walk over 30 minutes to access the local water source that was designed to sustain 25 families. In this village, there are about 160 families. With the guidance of the Appalachian State student and professor, the construction began.
   A spring up on a mountain used for the spigots that would be providing water to the families. A year long project began. Everyone was doing what they could to help. During the panel portion of the presentation, Donor Relations Coordinator Courtney Mattar talked about how inspiring it was to see the women of the village coming together to speed up the project. She explained to the crowd that when everyone was supposed to get there at 9 to start working, they had already started. When everyone finished up at 5, they kept working. The locals had a major role to play in the development of the wells. Th
   After 1 year of work, 4,000 kilometers of piping from the spring to the village, and a reach of 23,000 by the third day of the lines running, the project was complete. Now, instead of walking 3 miles to get water, the community has to walk 3 minutes.

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