Challenges
- increase of population leading to the environmental degradation, water contamination, distraction of water sources and soil erosion
- after floods in 2022 most of the water streams have been destroyed and many families have no clean and safe water to drink
- families, mainly women and children, moving long distances for water
- poor hygiene in the communities (lack of toilets, no tap water)
- assault faced by women and children as they collect water from the streams
- school dropouts for girls as they have to provide water for home before they go to school
Our initiative
- understand the problem in its complexity and to find ways on how to increase safe water in community in the long run
- fundraise for sanitation projects to improve general hygienic situation
- construction of a piped water for Ruboni community
- reduce the risk of water borne diseases like diarrhea, typhoid, bilharzias, and cholera
- providing safe and clean water
“Construction of pipes providing water up to our house was an essential change in my life. Before my children were fetching the water down from the river and spent hours on it. Now we have a tap and we are happy for it.”
Rita, Ruboni community
“Water is a very major source for a community. That is why there is a proverb : WATER IS LIFE OR NO WATER NO LIFE”.
Geoffrey, Ruboni
“Rwenzori Child Care Initiative and their donors provided our house with pipes and tanks. Nowadays we can be sure the water we drink is safe.“
Gerald, Mihunga