Daga is a village
in the small
mountainous
town of Conner
in the Province of
Apayao,
Philippines. With
two hundred
sixty two (262)
families, the
village is uniquely
occupied by a mixture of clannish Cagayan, Benguet, Apayao and Kalinga ethnic tribes.
Like any other mountain village, the sources of potable water are inadequate. The entire community is getting its water from the four hand pumps built by politicians sixteen (16) years ago. Four (4) hand pumps for a population of eleven hundred (1,100) are frankly insufficient. When everybody rushed in to get water, more often, quarrels and frictions spark among the villagers.
To avoid trouble, some families fetch water from a river one kilometer away. They may have avoided trouble but most often, they are not able to avoid water-borne diseases.
To provide adequate source of water among all the villagers, ASM planned of putting up a water system consisting of three (3) deep wells with electric motor pumps, three (3) water tanks with distribution pipelines and faucets plus eight (8) jetmatic hand pumps.
The project is estimated to cost $9,840. The local counterpart in terms of labor and locally available materials is $2,963. A seed money of $4,000.00 has been donated by generous donors. ASM will fill the rest to complete the project.
With a water system providing adequate sources of potable water, the harmonious existence among the different tribes be preserved and that the heating tension be extinguished. It is also expected that the incidence of water-born diseases would be eradicated.