Mohan Singh Street 2 (Cuddalore Old Town), Tamil Nadu - Wherever the Need India

Mohan Singh Street 2 (Cuddalore Old Town), Tamil Nadu

The funds collected from the work of volunteers at Glastonbury festival enabled us to construct ecosan toilets, clothes washing and personal bathing areas for 750 women and men. The project was finished ahead of time and on budget. It is difficult to express the impact it has made on the people of the village, especially the women and girls, but you can get a sense by looking through these project photos.

Watching us, watching you

Typical kitchen/washing facilities

An outside toilet

It has been a hard day

Water runs for short periods of time every couple of days

Mixing the mortar for the new building

Mixing the mortar for the new building 2

Female Worker 1

Female Worker 2

Female worker 3

Part finished 1

Part finished 2

Part finished 3

Part finished 4

Internal view 3

External view of chambers

Finished Building 1

Finished Building 2

A better opportunity for her

And a type of dignity this woman didn't know existed.

This project at a glance

Location: Tamil Nadu, India see on map
Population: 3,000
Main occupation of villagers: Various
Project start date: Summer 2006
Length of project: 12 months
Provided: Separate mens and womens community ecosan with bathing area and clothes washing facilities
Funded by: The Eavis family and all the volunteers who stewarded to raise money for us at Glastonbury festival 2006
Support from: Bless

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