Lamvorongur - Wayenda
Project Snapshot
Country: Uganda
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude 1.874557
Longitude 31.931718
Impact:
Total Served: 200
Status: Completed (?)
Completion Date (or estimate): 12/23/2011
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Lamvorongur village is located in the rural setting of the Uganda’s mid-western region. The diverse village includes people who have moved to Kiryandongo District from areas such as northern Uganda, the West Nile region, as well as the eastern portion of the country. They are farmers, and maize and cassava are their crops of choice, growing them in large quantities. In addition to forming staples of the local diet, cassava and maize is sold to traders who come by the village in large trucks during the harvest season. With this opportunity to profit from farming, the people have come to Lamvorongur village to live better lives.
Lamvorongur is a community that has long suffered from a lack of water. Busoga Trust came to the immediate need of the village in October, helping them to build a shallow hand-dug well. This well has done a lot to improve access to water in the community but it has not been enough. Lamvorongur has a total population of over 500, far too many people to use a single well. Having access to safe water is such an important part of life, and it is something that all people in Lamvorongur deserve. Clean water is vital for health, especially in children who suffer the most when clean water is not available. Sanitation remains very poor in Lamvorongur as well, and it is important that this improves to protect the health of the community
Busoga Trust began construction of a second hand-dug well in November. The people of Lamvorongur were very active in helping with the construction as the video below illustrates. We struck the water table at 13 feet but had to insert concrete rings into the well due to colapsing soils. The final depth of the well is 23 feet and we installed the pump on December 22, 2011. Busoga Trust will continue working to improve sanitation in Lamvorongur by helping dig latrines. Experienced social workers have been working with the community to create a more sanitary overall environment. The health impacts of clean water and improved sanitation we expect will be felt for many years to come.
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Recent Project Updates
12/06/2011: Construction has begun at Lamvorongur – Wayenda
Construction has begun on a water project for the Lamvorongur – Wayenda in Uganda. We've posted picture, video and a community profile.
Sponsors
11 individual donors
Alderson-Broaddus College
4WordWOP
Country Details
Uganda
Population: 27 million
- Lacking clean water: 36%
- Below poverty line: 37%
- Climate: Tropical; generally rainy with 2 dry seasons
- Languages: English (official), Ganda or Luganda
- Ethnic Groups: Baganda 17%, Ankole 8%, Basoga 8%, Iteso 8%, Bakiga 7%, Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%, Lugbara 4%, Batoro 3%, Bunyoro 3%, Alur 2%
- Life Expectancy: 53 years
- Infant Mortality Rate: 65 deaths per 1000 live births
Partner Profile
Busoga Trust America
Our Approach
Busoga Trust America partners with local non-governmental organizations
to carry out development projects in the developing world. Three
operating principals guide our approach: certainty of results, extreme
transparency and no overhead.
Certainty of results. In Masindi, we are working
with the premier water development group in the East Africa, Busoga
Trust. Their approach has been honed over 20 years through work on 1400
wells in Uganda and surrounding countries. Their experience, together
with the favorable geology of Masindi and stable political climate in
Uganda give us confidence that our work will have profound impact on
people’s lives in Masindi.
No Overhead: 100% of Busoga Trust America’s
overhead cost are covered by grants from its Founders. This means that
every dollar donated goes to Africa.
Transparency: Every donation, large or small, is linked to a specific project. Donors are notified which project their gift supports. Each project has a page on this web site that gives details about the village served by the new well, data on water quality and access before and after our intervention and photo and video documentation of our work and the new well. The idea is to provide to donors a window into exactly who thier donation helped and what it accomplished.
