Nyabukire Nursery and Primary School, Ntungamo, Uganda

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Country: Uganda

GPS Coordinates:
  Latitude -1.023083
  Longitude 30.366283

Impact:
  Total Served: 300

Status:  Completed (What's This?)

Completion Date (or estimate): 06/07/2012

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Upon completion of the project, our implementing partner reported...

 The people of the village of Ntungamo depend on farming and subsistence agriculture for their livelihood. When the LWI Uganda team arrived, community members were utilizing an open water source and other methods to gather water about two kilometers away from the community to meet all of their water needs. Because of this families were left suffering from typhoid, malaria, diarrhea and other preventable water related illnesses. The LWI Uganda team was pleased to hear that the community utilizes covered latrine pits which will help prevent further spread of diseases in the area. During the teams’ stay, a water committee consisting of fifteen men and six women made food for the team. This water committee is also responsible for collecting a monthly well maintenance fee per household to help sustain the community’s water source. In keeping with our Strategic Plan launched in January of 2011, LWI’s plan is to train communities to maintain water projects for sustainability. If communities slip back into a situation where they must rely on unimproved water sources, our donors’ investment is compromised. To help prevent this occurrence, Ling Water International engages communities to help in planning managing and monitoring of the rural water supply. The Nyabukire Nursery and Primary school is located within the community and now 148 students, teachers and administrative personnel all have access to safe, clean water. LWI also provided community member, Mr. Bendereine with a LWI Uganda contact number in case the well were to fall into disrepair, become subject to vandalism or theft. In an effort to ensure project sustainability, LWI program staff is also responsible for visiting the well site annually.

The LWI Uganda team had the opportunity to meet with forty-three year old, Pastor, Daniel Barugayo, who stated, "This is an answered prayer, I don’t remember exactly which month but five years ago, I asked the Lord to open up His way to provide us water which brings glory to Him, now see after all this time God has kept His promise! This was after a frustration when we had a seminar for one week and we had no water for the attendees apart from the running water across the road, that at certain periods of time there was a group of people who were making waragi (local alcoholic brew) in that same source, we fetched water but it smelled of that local brew. That is when I asked God to do something about water, and here He has…..Done It… Glory to God!!"

During the hygiene education, the LWI Uganda team addresses: Hand washing, how to properly transport and store water, disease transmission and prevention, how to maintain proper care of the pump, as well as signs and symptoms of dehydration and how to make Oral Rehydration Solution. All of these lessons are taught in a participatory method to help community members discover ways to improve their hygiene and sanitation choices, and implement community driven solutions.

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06/08/2012: Clean Water For A School In Uganda

We are excited to report the completion of a well at Nyabukire Nursery and Primary School, Ntungamo, Uganda!  We have just posted new pictures, GPS coordinates and a report from the field