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Impact

  • Over 2000 sources constructed benefitting over 500,000 Ugandan citizens (along with a few thousand Kenyans and Tanzanians), based on 250 people per pump. Demand usually exceeds this by as much as 100% so we can reasonably assert that around 1 million people are reliant on our sources.
  • Comprehensive sanitation and hygiene programmes implemented as a mandatory part of the water provision process for almost a decade.
  • Post intervention survey data from communities following Home Improvement Campaigns recorded an average increase in sanitation (toilets) from 27% to 94%
  • In our Masindi project area, we recorded the following impacts;
    • Average BT well E. coli count = 5 (Ugandan standards <50)
    • % of wells with E. coli levels which meet Ugandan government standards = 100%
    • % of wells with turbidity (water clarity) which meet international standards = 100%
    • % of households practicing open defecation – median improved by 67%
  • Hygiene and sanitation radio shows broadcast across multiple districts (excluding ones not targeted but within receiver range) which are listened to by an estimated 35% of the population.
  • Where the construction of wells is not possible due to geology (rock structure), lithology (soil structure) or hydrology (water structure) we will work to find alternative solutions. This has proven successful in areas such as Kidera where we have constructed hundreds of rainwater catchment tanks (one for each household) in partnership with women’s groups. The two rainy seasons per year provides a sufficient reservoir of clean water to last through the dry seasons as well.
  • We can only really prove the primary impact we have, but we can reasonably suggest that village populations who are proven to be free from risk factors for infectious diseases are likely to be more able to attend work, school and their subsistence crop plots. They are likely to spend less money on medicine and earn more money, either in the short term, or in the long term as a result of improved education. This ultimately will lead to a general economic development and reduction in poverty and, in years to come, a healthy and prosperous Ugandan community.