Recent Project Experience
Kabumba 2003 (southern Uganda)
Villagers in the Kikagati area (includes both Kabumba and Kitezo) of southwestern Uganda like those in many other impoverished rural areas rely primarily on crude earthen dugouts for drinking water and household needs.
Kitezo 2005 (southern Uganda)
The village of Kitezo was the second community to receive a large scale rainwater catchment system. Like Kabumba, their original source of water was runoff from surrounding fields and livestock pastures and had extremely high turbidity levels (suspended clay particles), high fecal coli form counts and numerous parasites.
In 2005, the Kitezo catchment was completed with assistance from African Community Technical Services, the Ugandan Government, the Diocese of Ankola and private Canadian sponsors.
Adakingo 2008/09 (northern Uganda)
The Project in Adakingo (Nov 2008-Jan 2009) was successfully completed through the support of Rotary Canada, Rotary Uganda, Friends and Family. It involved the protection and containment of a spring, a biosand filter project and a water, health and sanitation education program.
Akek 2010 (northern Uganda)
The Project in Akek (2010) involved the successful protection of a contaminated spring, a water, health and sanitation education program and a biosand filter monitoring program. The spring protection project consisted of tying 2 springs together and allowing the community to collect water through a GI pipe. A community based organization of 50% women and 50% men continue to educate their community on health and sanitation.
Alik 2011 (northern Uganda)
The Project in Alik (2011) went incredibly well, and involved the protection of a spring, a water, heatlh and sanitation education program, a biosand filter monitoring program, and the installment of drip irrigation systems (pilot projects) in and around the village of Alik. The flow rate for the Alik spring is approx. 37 L per minute.