Water Blogged

The Lamin Oyo Community School used to rely on a seasonal waterhole as its only water source. This waterhole fills during and shortly after the rainy season, but it quickly dries up afterward. Moreover, the water from this source is contaminated, leading to numerous health issues within the community. When the dry season reached its peak, the community faced a significant water crisis, forcing residents to travel long distances in search of clean water. This situation severely impacted over 200 children in the area, as they would often spend hours each day fetching water, which hindered their ability to attend […]

Akanyo- Ocipi, located in the Lakang sub-county of Amuru district in Uganda, has a total enrollment of 460 students. The people of Akanyo-Ocipi urgently needed clean water access, as their only source was an unsafe waterhole shared with livestock. Our implementing partner, Drop in the Bucket, recently drilled a new borehole well providing safe water on the school grounds. The students and the surrounding community will benefit from this well for years to come! Thanks to St. Joseph Catholic School in Arlington, TX, for supporting this project!

Buliganwa Primary School, located in the Nabitende sub-county of Iganga district in Uganda, has a total enrollment of 447 students, comprising 210 boys and 237 girls. The nearest water source to the school was a community well situated over a kilometer away. Being a public well, it frequently has long queues of people waiting to collect water. Consequently, students were spending precious time in queues when they could have been in class. The school needed to establish its own water supply. Our implementing partner, Drop in the Bucket, recently drilled a new borehole well providing safe water on the school […]

Pamin-lok oola, located in the Owoo sub-county of Gulu district in Uganda, has a total enrollment of 460 students. The entire area lacks access to clean water. Children were forced to walk miles every day to retrieve water, which was often contaminated. They initially found water in local holes, but these would frequently dry up. When that happened, they had to walk nearly two miles to a swamp to collect unsafe water. Our implementing partner, Drop in the Bucket, recently drilled a new borehole well providing safe water on the school grounds. The students and the surrounding community will benefit […]

Our implementing partner, the Ugandan Water Project, erected a 10,000-liter polyethylene tank on a base made of brick, hardcore, and cement. Once cured, the crew placed the tank on the base, created an overflow hole at the top of the structure, and attached a pipe to it that extends six inches beyond the perimeter of the base. Crew members also attached face boards to the roof of the building adjacent to the tank to create a suitable surface for attaching gutters that will allow water from the metal roof to flow to the tank. Just before the outlet pipe reaches […]