Giving Update: Indete Community, Udi Spring

Since the protection of Udi Spring in Indete last year, the lives of community members here have improved tremendously.

As you approach the community, you are welcomed by a clean environment with no refuse seen around the compound. This indicates that the community members have embraced hygiene and sanitation as was urged during the training. Besides that, the waterborne diseases reported earlier in the community have drastically reduced as a result of protecting Udi Spring. Also, drawing water for these community members is now so easy as one can draw water at any time, unlike before where one could draw water for drinking only in the morning.

"A lot of changes have been happening since the project was implemented," said Pamela Muyonga, who serves as Chair of the water committee in Indete.

"First, long queues witnessed earlier have reduced because for one to draw water from the spring she/he need [only] to place the container under the discharging pipe and within no time the container is full. [This is] unlike before where one used to scoop water using smaller containers which used to be time-consuming."

"Another thing is that initially the water [was contaminated with] fluke worm, but since [the] protection of the spring fluke worms have disappeared. Also, waterborne diseases that were rampant in the community initially have reduced because water is no longer exposed to agents of contamination."

Gloria Liboshe with Field Officer Jonathan

7-year-old Gloria Liboshe also talked to us while we were at the spring, and shared her perspective on what the spring protection has meant to her and her community over the last year.

"Since the project was completed, we are drawing safe, clean water from the spring in an easy way. [I] am so happy, particularly [about how] no one can quarrel [with] me anymore for contaminating [the] water. Initially, you [had to be] so careful when scooping water from the spring to avoid making it dirty."