JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE FOR BIBLICAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

SHALLOW WELL DRILLING TECHNOLOGY

Facilitator: Young-Gurl Kim
Office Phone: 524-7206
E-Mail: ykim@jbu.edu

Date: June 21-25, 2010                                                               
                                                                             
Trainer: Terry Waller
TA: Gwanhee Jang, Youjin Hur

TIME: M-F, 8 am – 5 pm                                               
PLACE: Center for Integral Mission


TEXTBOOK:        T. Waller, Low Well Drill Manual, WFA (Provided)


TRAINING OVERVIEW:                  
        This course is an end user course and will introduce participants to WFA technology via hands on drilling and pump building. If you are interested in helping the poor provide themselves water, this is the course for you. Over 2,000 low-cost wells have been drilled using WFA appropriate technology in over 9 countries. WFA is offering this course in response to many requests. WFA executes rural development programs currently in Bolivia and Ethiopia. This proven technology is the result of 20 plus years of rural development work with the poorest of the poor. This course is open to those of all faiths but will be presented from a Christian faith and service context. This training is exclusively for those planning to help the poor and not for commercial activities where fees are charged for drilling or training.

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND SCHEDULE:
Monday:
Morning - Arrival and registration and signing of training agreement.
Afternoon - Hands-on Manual Well drilling.
Evening - Introduction to holistic grass roots rural Christian development and media presentation.
- We will look at systematic ways for churches, non profits, and individuals to directly partner with rural communities to solve food production and water problems.
- A billion people on the planet still lack adequate water. We will compare the differences between ¡°top down¡± and true ¡°bottom up¡± or grass roots approaches that focus on local asset mobilization.
- The potential for training poor families to drill and maintain their own low cost water wells and spin off the creation of local artisan well drilling businesses by and for the poor will be discussed.
Tuesday:
Morning, afternoon and evening - hands on drilling and well completion.
Wednesday:
Morning - WFA hands on pump manufacture.
Afternoon – Hands on pump installation.
Evening- Further discussion on grass roots development.
Thursday:
Morning - Drill Bit manufacture demonstration.
Afternoon - Hands on sample pump (to take home) manufacture
Friday:
Morning- WFA low cost community pump well head construction.
Afternoon- review of entire drilling process. Questions and feed back.
        
TRAINING LOGISTICS:
        
        Class Size: 7 (Max)
        Room and Board: Provided
        Cost: US $1,000