A little over a month ago, two young people from Xàbia, Javier Expósito and Fernando Manzanares, started a funding campaign to build drinking water wells in villages in Senegal. And the solidarity of the citizens has made the illusion for this project a reality.
The participation and delivery of the neighbors contributing drops of water has managed to collect a total of 1848.87 euros for the construction of the wells, through the two collection channels that were launched, the virtual platform Kukumuki and the several piggy banks distributed by the shops of the municipality of Xàbia.
Young people explain that in the Kukumuki crowdfunding the amount of 1238 euros was collected, of which, after commissions and fees to be paid, 1185,03 euros were collected. Likewise, 610,87 € has been collected through the piggy banks. The net total of 1795,90 €, of which € 1760 € have reached Senegal after the commission charged of 35,90 € by Western Union.
The construction
The costs for the construction of a well is 611,17 euros, counting that there are two who will make, the amount amounts to 1222,34 euros. Thus, of the 1760 euros collected, 537,66 € remains that the young people have donated to REDES ((Network for the Emergency and Development of Ecovillages in the Sahel) to invest in other projects, "When it is decided in which, we will inform of the decision taken and how each euro will be invested", noted by authors of this initiative.
REDES is a community service organization focused on the north of the country.
