Caura Valley gets water tank farm

Launched at the Activity Centre, Caura Valley on September 6, the Tank Farm consisting of ten 1,000 gallon water tanks came to fruition through the collaborative effort of the community group, WASA , the MP’s office, the regional corporation, CEPEP and the Digicel Foundation. In congratulating members of the council, foundation CEO Penny Gomez stated, “The proposal of a tank farm really blew us out of the water. We were impressed by the originality and by the fact that a project of this nature really addressed a basic need for the community. What made it even more special for us, was the element of sustainability by having WASA as a strategic partner.”

Driving the village council to continue its good work in developing Caura, Sen Clarence Rambharat, Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries in his address encouraged the group to “build Caura around good leadership,” a media release stated. Also addressing the crowd was Deputy Speaker of the House and MP for Tunapuna Esmonde Forde who thanked the foundation for the private sector partnership noting that Digicel is in the business of “linking communities.”

The project was done through the foundation’s Extraordinary Projects Impacting Communities (Epic) programme, which funds indoor and outdoor community initiatives. Seeing the opportunity to further develop the community and its environs, the village council, and the MP’s office applied for an Epic grant to implement the project. “While our financial input in this project rang to a tune of $40,000, it is this public private sector partnership that is the real win for us at the foundation, because we know that with the additional support, the village of Tumbasson will continue to flourish. This project acts as a model for other community groups to emulate,” Gomez said.