This year a new borehole was drilled on the campus of St. Adolf Tibeyalirwa Secondary School so that 711 students there no longer have to walk deep into the bush to fetch water from a pond that is open to the animals and covered with ash from bush fires. The incidence of typhoid is down already since the students are
In late 2015, we planned to provide a borehole for Kicwamba Secondary School in Rubirizi Uganda. The school has 910 students coming from families that are mostly subsistence farmers. Gravity-flow piped water near the school was also used heavily by members of the local community, and was sporadic in supply and contaminated at the source of collection. This situation became
In March of this year, we provided a new borehole at St. Matia Mulumba Secondary School in the Kayunga District of eastern Uganda. Formerly, 518 students at this school had to walk a mile to fetch water from an open well that was full of dirt and insects, and located deep in the bush. Parents were ready to send their
Earlier this year, a proposal for a Global Grant was funded by Rotary International to provide funds for boreholes at four of our schools! ‘Clean Water’ is a major focus area of rotary clubs at the international level, and they chose our borehole projects because of the impact clean water will have in the rural areas of Uganda. The proposal
This Secondary School is located in the Kibaale District in western Uganda, in a small impoverished town. It was founded by the local parents, and the Headmaster Ntirenganya Vincent leads a dedicated team of teachers who provide O and A level curriculum for 461 students. Getting clean water was a particularly challenging problem at this school, since the nearest source
Heroes Secondary School is a private school that was established near a trading center in the Rakai District of southern Uganda. The local population are peasants and traders, since this region is dry and the soil is not conducive to growing crops. The school was established because only one government school was available that could not accommodate the student population