Mimi and Eric (Water Project in Pommern, Tanzania)

Mimi and her husband Eric were on a Global Volunteers service program in Pommern, Tanzania in March of 2008. They fell in love with the people and the area and decided they wanted to continue their support to the Pommern community beyond their service program. While there, Mimi and Eric developed an interest in the water project currently planned in Pommern. The project is to build a multi-use water system which will provide the Pommern community with a reliable and safe supply of drinking water. This water system will be used by the schools and the medical clinic in the village. Mimi and Eric realized that the need for the new water system in the community is great, but that the project was not able to move forward due to the lack of sufficient funds from Global Volunteers donors. Once they came home, they began closely working with Global Volunteers on developing different ways of raising funds to support this project. Mimi and Eric developed a website to use as a fundraising tool. The website can be found at http://www.pommernwaterproject.com/. They are spearheading the fundraising for the Pommern Water Project to ensure that the funds needed for this important project are raised. They will be holding their own fundraisers and they are encouraging other former Pommern volunteers to do the same. Mimi and Eric offer assistance to other supporters in holding their own fundraisers for this water project.
The mission of this project is: To build a new multi-use water system which will provide the Pommern community with a reliable and safe supply of drinking water. The new water system will take water from a nearby river to new water storage units where it will be continuously available. The new water system will also purify the water for safe drinking.