Kashmir Water Project

In June, Mabz Baig visited a small, dispersed, border village of Goi, Azad Kashmir situated on the Line of Control. The Line of Control is a military control line that marks the region of Kashmir which is divided between India and Pakistani controlled Kashmir.

The video below follows a Local Head Teacher describing the situation in Goi also nicknamed as Red. It is apparent from the video that it is extremely difficult to access safe and clean water. There are two main obstacles to accessing this vital human resource.

Firstly, the highly, mountainous terrain which logistically makes it impossible to provide filtered, clean water to the local residents. The muddy water seen in the video is used to feed their livestock, bathe in and wash their clothes.

Secondly, the residents live along the most dangerous, unstable border in the world where simple daily chores that we take for granted can be a life or death situation. The Head Teacher describes how his family narrowly escaped a missile attack on his property and demonstrates the damage done followed by a close up shot of the Military Post which fired upon his property.

Team LMS has tasked the project to Alubadia Orphanage to assess the situation, define the most appropriate solution and deliver the project to its completion. This will be the most challenging project for both organisations in such hostile environment and we successfully managed to complete it.

We raised over £7000 and built to water bores in Goi and Dheri Nakiyal, Azad Kashmir.