Project Oorani

The project was completed towards the end of 2010 and goal of the project was achieved successfully depicted by the pictures below. Now, the villagers are using the water from the pond for drinking and domestic purpose. Not only is the pond serving the Bhorajguda village, the nearby villages namely Dharmasagar (150 house hold) and Nizamgud (40 house hold) depend on Bhorajguda oorani during water scarcity in their villages. The people are very happy that their water problem is solved. They also feel a sense of pride and achievement in their collective action to solve their problem.

Project Oorani is Anand Charity’s first project in Andhra Pradesh.  With the help of Dhan Foundation, we are building an oorani (water pond) in the village of Borajguda. This project was originally due to be completed in December 2008. However, several hurdles have caused unfortunate delays to this project. Originally, the digging of the Oorani was supposed to be manual.