Project Status



Project Type:  Borehole Well and Hand Pump

Program: Wells for Schools - Uganda

Impact: 500 Served

Project Phase: 
Community Managed
Implementing Partner Monitoring Data Unavailable
Initial Installation: Jul 2012

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Community Profile

Upon completion of the project, our partner in the field reports...

The LWI Uganda team had difficulty finding a suitable site to drill for this project. Fortunately the team eventually found private land, a short walk to the school but also close to many households in the surrounding area. When the team arrived, community members were utilizing an unprotected hand dug well located one kilometer away from the community to meet all of their water needs. Because of this, families were suffering from typhoid, malaria, diarrhea and severe dehydration. During the team’s stay, community members assembled a water committee consisting of seven men and four women who assisted the team with the water project whenever possible and provided meals for the team. This water committee is also responsible for collecting an annual well maintenance fee of 5,000 Ugandan Shillings per household. Most community members earn a living by subsistence farming, raising cattle and working on banana plantations. The nearest school is a primary school with 437 students that is located half of a kilometer away from the community whose students, teachers and administrative personnel all have access to the new, safe water source. Before leaving the community, the team provided community member, Kakuba Godfrey, with a LWI Uganda contact number in case their well were to fall into disrepair, become subject to vandalism or theft.

The LWI Uganda team had an opportunity to meet with seventy-eight year old community member and farmer, Beyooka Stephen who stated, "I had a problem with accessing clean water, the two boreholes we have in our area are far away from us and always busy, so when we evaluate the time spent on the borehole is too much, we just slope down the hill to our running water by the roadside even though we know it is not clean. That can only be done in rainy seasons though, in dry season we had to bear the situation and line up on the borehole till we get water. I am happy now that LWI has considered those challenges and put this borehole at least near us, it’s really a good thing for all of us, thank you LWI for listening to our requests. May God bless you so much."

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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Abundant water is often right under our feet! Beneath the Earth’s surface, rivers called aquifers flow through layers of sediment and rock, providing a constant supply of safe water. For borehole wells, we drill deep into the earth, allowing us to access this water which is naturally filtered and protected from sources of contamination at the surface level. First, we decide where to drill by surveying the area and determining where aquifers are likely to sit. To reach the underground water, our drill rigs plunge through meters (sometimes even hundreds of meters!) of soil, silt, rock, and more. Once the drill finds water, we build a well platform and attach a hand pump. If all goes as planned, the community is left with a safe, closed water source providing around five gallons of water per minute! Learn more here!


Sponsors


141 individual donors
The Fahlstrom Family
Cynthia Flint Crawford
Indian Rock Tree Farm
Marina Spence
Joseph and Cynthia Masto and Family
the tomb family
D & S Alle
Yogurtland Downtown Fullerton
The Baker Family
San Carlos United Methodist Church
Hirschbuehl
Coblentz Family
REGENESIS
Laird Family