On Monday, the Rotary 9213 District Governor John Magezi Ndamira commissioned the project at Kiweebwa trading centre and said this will help to address the loss of time to look for clean water from distant boreholes as well as risks facing girls.
Residents of three parishes in
Wakiso district now have access to piped water thanks to initiatives designed to promote sanitation and hygiene.
The areas of Kavule, Mwerere and Wambaale, all located along Matugga-Semuto road, in Gombe division all had challenges to access water, sanitation facilities and
hygiene facilities. Their residents have been fetching water from contaminated swamps
and distant boreholes.
However, this sad state of affairs has come to an end after the Rotary Clubs of Wobulenzi
and Muyenga constructed a solar-powered piped water system with an additional four
public taps through a Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) global grant
worth 300 million Shillings.
The clubs together with partners from Rotary Clubs of
Calgary in Canada and Vienna International in Austria also constructed water
harvesting tanks in ten schools. They also constructed toilets in three
schools.
Florence Nassanga Musoke, the President of the Rotary
Club of Wobulenzi said that over 10,000 residents in the three parishes now have
access to clean water and will make a small contribution towards the sustainability of
the project. She added that the project will not only reduce diseases
but conflicts among families and children as women delay at sources waiting for
water.
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On Monday, the Rotary 9213 District Governor John Magezi
Ndamira commissioned the project at Kiweebwa trading centre and said this will help to
address, among others, loss of time to chase for clean from distant boreholes as
well as risks faced by the girl child.
Ndamira explained that Rotary has so far invested over USD 500,000
in the projects in Wakiso district and challenged local leaders to join efforts
to contribute to the Foundation so that more residents benefit.
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Area residents welcomed the project as a timely
intervention. Godfrey Nkuba of Kavule parish said that
residents were depending on dirty water from the swamps and this had contributed to
expenses related to treating water-borne diseases. Other residents say they have been
sharing water with animals whereas others go days without water during drought
season.
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Cue out…eno amazzi.”//
Rotarians have since handed over the management of the
project to the residents united under KAMWEWA Rotary Community Corps to oversee its
sustainability.
