VOLUNTEERING ON WATER PROJECTS

• As funding permits, MANDO involves volunteers in project development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation as well as when completed, handing over the project to the community. Some activities would be:

• gather information about a project's locale and interviews with the local notables to produce an audio or video clip (with translation) to further identify needs
   
• cite pump locations, use GPS to document unique terrains
   
• prepare a proposal with budget for the tools, materials and work required for a specific part of a project
   
• share stories of the communities receiving project support so that donors and sponsors can learn why the need is so great
   
• work on a specific task such as tank and water trough construction or fixing hand pumps
   
• compiling reports on progress to MANDO and to donors and sponsors including photos, GPS coordinates and benefits to a community
   
• train communities in repairing and maintaining boreholes or pumps, sanitation and hygiene practices