Water is life and the quality of life led by a community is measured among other things by the water and sanitation situation they enjoy.
Communities need safe water and good sanitation/ hygiene in order to lead a quality and dignified life. |
A dried Spring Well |
Feed The Children (UK) supported 11 communities in Kalaki Sub-County, Uganda by providing access to safe water and good sanitation by drilling 11 boreholes and sensitising communities on the benefits of good home and environmental hygiene practices.
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And this is a borehole near Kiryamme Primary School |
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This improved the quality of life for 5,000 people (20%) of the people living in Kalaki. Local mismatches of demand and supply of safe water can often lead communities into conflict, poor health and sanitation (disease, high infant mortality rates etc). To avoid this we conducted an initial water needs and sanitation baseline study. This identified the 11 communities. |
Water project launch - the community are very happy.
The most overlooked aspect of water projects is the sanitation component. No family or community can escape the negative impacts of an endemic poor sanitation situation. Sanitation is among the basic components of primary healthcare. The baseline study also found that the 11 communities’ sanitation practices needed serious attention. |
walking miles for water |
The proud community protects their new water source with a fence.
Pit latrine coverage averaged just 42% over the 11 communities. The numbers of people using each latrine ranged from 7 to 34 people.
A block of 3 pit latrins |
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The communtiy hygiene and training sensitisation.
All communities attended meetings and children attended workshops at school on hygiene issues. The children’s input identified a number of issues and they devised the signs that where placed around the schools as well as taking the message back to parents.
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