MATEETE RURAL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS PROJECT(MRCP)
Abandoned shallow well.
A community shallow well costructed by one of the development agencies working in the district in 2005.
Community member carrying water.
A community member, Mary Nakiboneka, a mother of 3 children carrying water from an unprotected water source.
A communnity pit latrine.
A makeshift pit latrine at one of the public eating houses in Mateete trading centre, it has no door, permanent roof structure, hence no privacy at all.
Comercial water collection.
A 19 year old youth,Kibuuka Michael collects water for comercial use so as to raise money for school fees.
Scarsity of a valuable resource.
Women,children and youth waiting patiently for water in one of the remote areas in Ssembabule, a semi arid area.
Fighting malaria.
Mosquitoe bed nets are one of the preventive measures of fighting malaria, one of the most deadly killer diseases of children under five in Sub Saharan Africa.
Youth at work.
Due to the long distances between water sources and dwellings, several youth make a fortune in collecting water for those who can afford at a cost. A 20 litre jerrican goes for 200 UGX.
Strugling for life.
Water is life, as portrayed by this picture when community members are strugling to collect water from one of the very few protected but un safe water sources in Mateete Sub County.
Shouldering the burden of water collection.
Children collecting water in rural Uganda is the order of the day.
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