Project 33, Donation cost US$ 5967. Installation of 252-meter long pipe in Ravmed, Bartang Valley, Roshan District, to bypass a channel length that collapses during the heavy snowfall.
Funding
Mithoo and Nabat Gillani (residing in Cagary, Canada) contributed US$2,000 towards the total cost of this project..
Ravmed Village with 65 families in the Pamirs
Pre-Project Situation
Long ago, the villagers had built a 1200 meters long open channel to draw water from a river to irrigate their vegetable farms.
However, a certain 300-meter long section of the channel is destroyed every year by heavy snow fall. Consequently, their water supply is interrupted and they are only able to farm 2ha out of their 4.3ha.
Project Scope
To install a pipe in the 250-ft long stretch of th channel where the open ditch often commapses.
The portion of the channel in which to lay a pipe
Expected Benefits
After the project is completed, the village will be able to farm additional 2.3 hectares. 50% of the additional area will be used for growing wheat, 30% for potatoes and the rest for carrots, onions, tomatoes and cucumber.
Items Donated
200mm-diameter polyethylene pipes, glass wool insulation for pipes, cement, other miscellaneous items and outsourced pipe fitting service.
Installation work by the village
Completed Project
Feedback received from Ravmed
Date of the Feedback: 22.05.2020
Feedback Qs and As on the completed irrigation repairs, using
Q.1How has your situation improved after the completed
repairs
Now we are able to irrigate fully our lands
Q.2 Will the repairs help you to grow more quantities of the
items that you have been growing?
Yes, the repairs of channel will help us to grow more quantities of
vegetables
Q.3 Approximately how much more in percentage?
Approximately 30%
Q.4 Will the repairs now make it possible for you to start more
farms or expand your present farms?
We are expanding our present farms only
Q.5 Will you now be able to grow extra quantities to sell?
No, we are using it for our needs only
Q.6 Has the repairs helped you indirectly in other non-farm
activities.
No, the repairs currently helped us only for irrigating our land.
Dua
During the feedback, the Chief, on behalf of the Village, conveyed to the Director the following Dua for the project donors:
We make Dua for the deceased donors of the project, Sherbanu, Hasham, Naseem, Aly and Rahemat; may their souls rest in eternal peace and
we also make Dua for the strength of those who are continuing the charity Shiraz and Shahida Dhanani, and Mithoo and Nabat Gillani; may their Nazrana be accepted and May
Mowla bless them with Barakat.