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Today is a big day for the pupils of Nursery & Primary in Adyangowe, Uganda:
The hand pump is now installed and handed over to the school. 5,100 litres of water per hour are now available. The long, dangerous and tiring walks to the water point are now history. Now it is less than 100 metres walk between the school and the hand pump. It is located on the school grounds.
In April 2021, we were on site in Adyangowe to assess the situation. The possibility of providing water by means of well construction and hand pump could be considered.
The children of the kindergarten and school in Adyangowe walked 3.2km 3-4 times a day to fetch water from a heavily polluted waterhole that resembled a pond.
Many of the children got tired on the way and were therefore late or did not come to class at all. Furthermore, at least 50 children were unable to attend primary school and kindergarten every week due to water-related diseases such as diarrhoea, bilharzia and cholera.
The war between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and Ugandan government troops, which has lasted for over two decades, destroyed basic infrastructure and led to dependence on emergency aid. Many villages still do not have access to clean water.
Moses, the headmaster of the school, the children and the inhabitants of the surrounding villages are overjoyed that they now have a well on the school's property.
THANK YOU to everyone who made this project possible with your support. You are saving lives & giving new hope for a better future for Adyangowe!
Interview with Moses, the director of the school
In April 2021, the Okwalongwen community in Uganda approached us and asked if we could build them a well with a hand pump.
Thanks to the financial support of our donors, the time has now come. It can start. We started drilling at 9.45 am and finished at 6.30 pm. Between 2,600 and 2,700 litres of water per hour are available. More than enough for a hand pump.
Yesterday we changed the order of the filter pipes, today it showed that the work was worth it. It took us 1.5 days, but now about 5,100 litres of water are available for the pupils of the Nursery and Primary School.
The people living around the school will also benefit. The long walks to fetch water will soon be history: on Monday, the hand pump will be inaugurated.
Yesterday we started the drilling work at the Nursery and Primary School in Adyangowe. In the evening everything was ready. But then came the surprise: hardly any water came out of the borehole - even though there was a lot of water during the drilling work.
After some consideration, we came to the conclusion that the filter pipes were not optimally arranged. So we took all the pipes and the gravel out of the borehole again. Then the pipes were reinstalled in a different order.
Today we started drilling at Adyangowe Nursery & Primary School. There are about 180 pupils at the school. The school is located in the former rebel area of the LRA (Lord Resistance Army).
Until today, the pupils have to fetch water with jerry cans from a distance of about 1.6 km. The water is heavily polluted and the journey is arduous. About 50 children are absent each week because they are sick. Other children are tired after fetching water and cannot concentrate in class.
Today's start of the drilling work marks the beginning of a better future.
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Since noon today, the village of Shikunga in Weskenia has a hand pump. After ten days of construction, the time has finally come: no one has to fetch water from the distant river, which also had no water during the dry season. The hand pump is located on the grounds of the Shikunga Anglican Church. It is accessible to everyone free of charge.
Especially for children and women, this is a great relief. The children can go to school regularly and the women have more time for housework and can also cook more than one meal for their family.
Thank you very much for your support. We will be happy if you help us to provide even more people with clean water.
