The water supply for Kibooba village currently consists of a small, relatively reliable spring, 5 minutes walk from Kibooba school. The spring’s limited water flow serves not only Kibooba but neighbouring villages and the spring dries to a trickle in the dry months. Therefore, in partnership with KVMOCC, our goal is to increase Kibooba’s access to a greater quantity of water, with the result of increasing not only health, but crop and livestock yields.In order to meet these goals we are establishing a rainwater collection pilot project located at the Kibooba school. The hope is that by implementing a locally sourced and affordable rainwater collection system, we will encourage further development of similar systems in the community.
The objectives of the pilot project are as follows:
- construction of a rainwater collection system on both the Kibooba primary school and the chicken house
- build capacity at the village level in regards to construction and maintenance of this pilot rainwater collection system and implementation and maintenance of future rainwater collection systems.
- provide at least one cup of water per day to each student in the school.
- provide biosand filtration system to kibooba school to ensure safe drinking water.
- improve the reliability of Kibooba’s water supply
- decrease the burden of water collection on Kibooba’s women and children.
- introduce the use of low-technology irrigation for agricultural activities.
Achievements to date:
- Established a partnership with Canadian Hydrotechnical Engineer Matt Gelis, and industrial-design trained Occupational Therapist, Jen Gellis. They created an initial proposal in collaboration with Kibooba leadership to move forward with the small scale water collection project focusing on rain-water collection.
- Connected with Ugandan-C4 anadian organization providing Biosand filtration systems and training in Uganda.
- Arranged for training on hand-washer pump construction and use for irrigation for 4 Kibooba village representatives at the Uganda Rural Development Training Programme, in Kibale Uganda.
What remains to be done:
- follow-up with Ugandan-based organizations who can provide estimates on the cost of implementing the rainwater collection and biosand filtration systems.
- establish funding for the water project based on the estimates.
- arrange for additional training on hand-washer pump construction for agricultural irrigation from URDT and implement a pump system.
- meet the project objectives as outlined above.
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