Residents of two Region Seven Villages, Kartabo and Itaballi, will soon have their potable water needs addressed, via a project expected to be completed by year end. The project is being implemented by the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF).This is the Project Implementation Unit of the Ministry of Finance and its flagship poverty reduction programme of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).Project Manager of BNTF, Michael Singh, said that the projects were already approved by the CDB. They are in their final stages.? He added that the project entails the digging of a 200-foot shallow well, and it includes an overhead storage and photovoltaic system that will be linked to a submersible pump.“The pump in the well will be powered by solar…the pump will send water to the storage,? then by gravity feed, we will have about five standpipes at strategic points in the areas, so residents can benefit,” Singh said.It is further expected that Government buildings, such as the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) and Regional Democratic Council (RDC) offices, Health Centres and Schools, will have direct connections to the water supply.“These villages were selected as a result of our needs assessment, where we collaborate with the Guyana Water Inc. They had identified these two areas … as areas urgently in need of this intervention,Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping,” Singh explained.He added that in this seventh cycle, there are 18 water supply projects that will be executed countrywide, particularly in Regions Two, Three and Nine. The funds are already committed for the execution of these projects.“We also have attached to the sub-project infrastructure…a training in Water and Sanitation, where we partner with the Guyana Water Inc. and the Environmental Protection Agency, and teach about safe water, the treatment of the water…we also left a chlorination kit with the communities,Brian Gionta Jersey, so they will be able to know how to treat water with chlorine, for residents to have safe water to drink,” Singh said.Operations Officer of the CDB and Supervisor of the BNTF Guyana Project, Karl Pivot, explained that the BNTF programme is targeted at poverty reduction. “…We go in the communities, identify where the poverty is…the most needy and we put intervention in those communities, to ensure that the beneficiaries of those intervention…their lives are changed,” Pivot said.He added that whilst in the country,NFL Jerseys Supply, he will visit a random sample of projects, to ensure they are progressing as planned, after which, he will report on their status to the Bank.“This programme is a grant programme, they are contributors…who use taxpayers’ money to provide this funding, so we have to ensure that taxpayers’ money is spent, and there are positive outcomes from them,” Pivot explained.He added that negotiations will commence early 2016, for the 9th cycle of the BNTF,Cheap China Jerseys Authentic, and it is hoped that the cycle will receive a similar allocation (US$46M) which will allow more projects to be done.The Basic Needs Trust Fund of the Caribbean Development Bank has the following countries as beneficiaries for the programme: Belize; Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines; St. Lucia; Grenada; Guyana; Jamaica; St Kitts & Nevis; Montserrat; and Turks & Caicos Islands.Guyana started benefitting from this programme during its third cycle in 1993, which saw a number of projects in the education, water,Cheap Basketball Jerseys, and health sectors.? The Lethem and Mabaruma Hospitals, Diamond Nursery School, Number 77 Nursery School and Ithaca Nursery Schools were some of the projects undertaken over the years. (GINA)