Community well for Myilanthanai

Life sustaining water was brought literally to the doorsteps of 67 families in remote Myilanthanai in Batticaloa recently, when Brandix and Save the Children Sri Lanka commissioned a community well in the heart of the settlement.

The womenfolk of the community no longer need to make a four kilometre trek in search of water for their domestic needs, as the 25 meter deep well adjacent to the pre-school has a plentiful supply of clean water.

The sinking of the well and related construction was undertaken by Save the Children Sri Lanka with funding provided by Brandix, under the Group's flagship community agenda Deyata Diya: Landhunata Diriya through which it helps needy people and communities access clean water, and promotes water conservation at all its business units.

The community well which has diameter of 10 meters, large enough to support multiple access, was sited at the most convenient location, enabling mothers to collect their water after leaving their children at the pre-school, Anusha Alles, Head of CSR at Brandix said.

At a later stage, Save the Children Sri Lanka would work with the community to install hand pumps that would make it easier and safer for children and older people to collect their water, she said.