By Charles Kazibwe | Chief Executive Officer
TRANSFORM AFRICA
GLOBAL GIVING REPORT 2 – MAY 2016
We are very grateful to all the donors who have generously given to our water boreholes project for Mubende District in Uganda. Since we started raising funds in October 2015, we have to date raised a total of £4,071 ($7,318.23) and went on to raise £766.57 making a grand total of £4,837.57 ($6,966.10) in the winter Global Giving crowd funding challenge.
With these funds, we have been able to construct 2 more boreholes and completed the first borehole since March 2016. Below is an example of one of the boreholes constructed. This shows our work in water access provision in Uganda, and the impact it is having on the lives of ordinary people.
Manual borehole water supply Mityana and Mubende Districts, Uganda
Beneficiaries expressed their relief as this support came at a time when it had not rained for a long time and access to safe drinking water had become more difficult than before, resulting in many cases of waterborne diseases due to drinking water from ponds and other available unsafe sources.
Testimonies from beneficiaries of the safe drinking water project
11 year old Sebunza says that the construction of the borehole has helped the community to access clean and safe water.
Alice an office attendant at Namungo sub-county also commented that the borehole helped their community in the whole sub-county.
As can be seen above, our projects have the capacity to bring significant changes in the lives of beneficiaries through providing access to clean safe water by constructing water boreholes.
There have been decreases in waterborne diseases; children no longer need to walk many kilometres to fetch water; women can now spend more time on productive employment; and girls are no more in danger of being abused along the way to fetch water.
However, the work is not yet complete. We still have a target of £14,409 to provide water boreholes for over 3,000 people in rural Uganda. We would be very grateful therefore if you could visit the GlobalGiving website and make a donation, no matter how small. In this way you will be touching the lives of thousands of people in Uganda.
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