Lakkonda Village Water Well

2018 Harrisburg Marathon - Seeking to Serve Team

  • Population: 2000 people    
  • Rate of Literacy:15%
  • Summer temperatures reach well over 100 degrees daily
  • We estimate this well will be used by 300 families
  • Location of well: in a Koya People Group Village
  • Responsible for Maintenance and upkeep: Gorle Prasad
  • They previously drank water from a stream more than 2.5 km away
  • When it would dry up in summer, they'd dig holes and water would come up
  • Some were suffering from malaria and other diseases

GPS Coordinates: 17.4119806,81.9321444

Mandal: Gangavaram
District: East Godavari
State: Andhra Pradesh
Date of Dedication: February 6, 2019 @ 1:29pm