Important Note:  The One-Time Goal seen at the top right of this page will be periodically adjusted to account for offline giving.  We've currently raised $300 offline for Phase 3, which is why this number reads $10,200 instead of the total target number for Phase 3 which is $10,500.

Total Project Cost

     Phase I:     $15,500 ( FUNDED! )
     Phase II:    $8,200   ( FUNDED! )
     Phase III:  $10,500 ( now funding )
     Phase IV:   $17,500

          Total:  $51,700

Turn On The Water - The Tank Phase

Bros, The Pump Phase is funded and it's on to the Tank Phase!

The 110 families in El Porvenir live along a 3 kilometer stretch of dirt road in the Chinandega region of Northwest Nicaragua. They need an 8,000 gallon tank sitting at 24 feet above the ground to provide the necessary head pressure to effectively push water to the entire community.  It will be a gravity fed system much like the ones that we use here in the United States. Gravity is an old technology, but like your grandfather used to say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

The Big Fat Hairy Reward Phase

We should be calling this the Big Fat Hairy Reward Phase because we're going to be hooking you guys up in more ways than one!  See below for more Phase 3 Reward Details.


HALF PRICE REWARDS

Through THIS FRIDAY ONLY, we're making the Reward Structure twice as easy to get your hands on.  That's right!  Take those numbers on the Rewards graphic above and cut them in half.  It's normally $500 to get your name permanently scribed into the dedication plaque, but now it's only $250! Want SuNica CEO Alan Wilser to stay up all night smoking a Boston Butt for your BBQ party? That's normally $1,000, but using our fancy math equation, only $500. How about the coveted Turn On the Water T-Shirt? You guessed it, just $25 through Friday only! 

• Rewards of $250 and less to be delivered no later than December 15th, 2014
• Travel rewards are pending construction schedule TBD (tentative for February 2015)

TELL FRIENDS.  GET A GIFTCARD!
   Rules & Details:

• No, we will not add your friends to any list unless they opt-in.  We promise!
• You can email as many people as you want, but the limit is $10 per person on the cards.
  
• The email must direct them to www.turnonthewater.org and you must have already made a donation yourself.
• You have to carbon copy info@sunica.org in the Cc: line so we'll know you did it.

The Existing Condition 

There are 15 shallow water wells existing in El Porvenir. However, it is common for these wells to dry up in the dry season, producing at most, a slow trickle. Even when flowing, contamination is still present, leading to a host of health problems for the community. The worst of which is the dreaded Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), already affecting most men working in local sugar cane plantations.  You can read more about CKD and our friend Juancito in my blog from last week called When The Well Runs Dry - A True Story.

Stay tuned to the blog this week and we'll tell you a bit more about living life in El Porvenir.   

Share

We would be over the moon if you would share a picture like these. The only rule is that you should not actually Turn On the Water for the photo, and by no means should you dump cold water on your head.  Can't be wasting water, folks!


                    

Phase 3 Breakdown

• The framework to support 8,000 gallons of water which will weigh over 30 tons!
  
• The 8,000 gallon tank itself
  
• The electrical system that will tell the pump to shut off when the tank is full
  
• All of the pipe necessary to get water from the borehole to the tank itself.
  
• All of the concrete footers necessary to support the framework.
• 25% of administrative expenses associated with this project