By Charles Kazibwe | CEO
TRANSFORM AFRICA GLOBALGIVING REPORT 13 – January 2019
Safe Clean Water for 3,000 people in Rural Uganda
Since our last report we have seen significant improvements in access to safe drinking water and general health in the communities we work in.
The generous contributions we have received from many committed donors have enabled us to continue providing safe clean water for over 3,000 people in Mubende and Mityana in Uganda.
In the last three months we have constructed two additional boreholes and trained two more borehole maintenance committees who will ensure that the newly constructed wells are kept in hygienic conditions and that regular checks and maintenance are undertaken.
As seen in the pictures below, the wells have led to positive changes in the lives and welfare of the beneficiary communities.
School children and other community members were collecting drinking water from unsafe ponds as part of their regular chores. These unhealthy ponds (Picture 1) have led to increases in waterborne diseases which cause low productivity, poverty and poor academic performance for children.
However, when we constructed the new borehole, rural communities gained access to clean drinking water for the first time. With the drought continuing and government provision of water unavailable, the manual boreholes, constructed with the generous contributions of our donors and the support of GlobalGiving, have been a much appreciated lifeline (Picture 2).
Communities have seen significant reduction in waterborne diseases like dysentery, diarrhoea and cholera, and also in accidents at the various ponds. Now pupils can go to school on time and stay awake in class which has improved their school work. Local farmers now have access to water for their livestock as well as for their crops. Women also welcome the opportunity to start back yard vegetable gardens to supplement their food sources and improve their nutritional balance.
1 Unsafe pond where people collected drinking water
2 Community members queuing up to collect drinking water from borehole
We wish to express thanks once again to our many donors through GlobalGiving. Your donations are going a very long way in improving the health and livelihoods of deprived communities in Mubende and Mityana in Uganda.
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