LWF distributing purified drinking water in Kyay Taw Paik Seik Village

On May 8, 2016, LWF distributed 380 bottles of purified drinking water (20 liters per bottle) to Kyay Taw Paik Seik village collaborating with the Fire Brigade Department and Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement.

It has been about one month that water ran out in two of the three village ponds, and the level of available water from the last pond is only about one feet depth and getting dirty. Some of the families in the village have no other water sources.

Paik Seik villager Ma Aye Kyi said, "It has been more than one month that we have been facing drinking water shortage within our village. For domestic-use, it takes me about 20 minutes to collect water on foot. For drinking, we have to buy purified drinking water. It cost us 600 MMK per 20 liter bottle. We cannot afford to buy the water bottles we have to exchange them for full bottles each time, but since LWF started providing water and bottle , it is more convenient for buying water. Additionally, LWF provided funds to the Village Development Committee for building two tarpaulin ponds with the purpose of distributing water for domestic-use for the whole village.”

U Maung San Shwe, villager of Paik Seik, also shared his experiences, "I have to collect water from a nearby village using my boat. It can carry two or three days worth of water per trip. But, I can't collect water at just any time because I have to check the tidal conditions. It is much more convenient at high tide. When I discovered LWF will distribute drinking water collaboratively with the Government departments, our water problem was reduced."

It should be noted that the Fire Brigade Department has continued distributing drinking water to Paik Seik and nearby villages daily since May 8, 2016.