Kawango B Village, Mpigi District, Uganda

“In Kawango B village, access to clean water has been a significant challenge where the community has been relying on unsafe water sources, leading to health issues like waterborne diseases. Women and children had to walk long distances to fetch water, consuming a significant portion of their day. On top of that waterborne diseases like cholera, dysentery, and typhoid were common in the village due to the unsafe water sources. However, with the construction of this new water source in the village, this has played a key role in improving access to clean and safe water in this community transforming not just daily life, but long-term health and economic prospects in this community.”

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This project was undertaken as part of our campaign of projects that actively reduce carbon emissions. This project helped the community save their much needed wood which was previously being burnt daily to boil water. This project has also eliminated the many thousands of hours previously spent on walking to collect water.