• Domaine :

  Water

• Région :

  Africa

• Pays :

  Uganda

The project:

Reference: GG-1866760


This project is in the memory of the Rotary International President Elect Samuel Owori (deceased).
Rotary Global Grant 1866760 was approved by the Rotary Foundation. It has been designed to have a deep high capacity well borehole, a solar powered water pump, a 100,000 liters distribution reservoir, a 5 km pipe network, and twelve public water stands, each with four taps.
The total budget for this Global Grant is $301,180.00 to impact the lives of more than 16,000 people of Uganda to honor the late RI President elect Sam Owori.



The request:

From: Walter Hughes, Rotary Club of Rocky Mount, Virginia 
To: Jean and Fatima, Rotary Club of Montreal, Quebec  and Fondation Coup de Coeur

Dear Jean and Fatima,     

Rotary Global Grant 1866760 was approved by the Rotary Foundation. Inspite of the contributions of 47 Rotary Districts and 20 Rotary Clubs we still have a shortfall of about $5,280.00.  If you have extra funding, let us know. The total budget for the Global Gant is $301,180.00  will impact the lives of over 16,000 people of Uganda to honor the late RI President Elect Sam Owori. We appreciate the support of the  Montreal Rotary Club in this project. The summary of this Global Grant is below.  
This project provides the communities of Merikit sub county in Toror District in eastern Uganda with clean water and improves sanitation and health by providing a deep well, a solar powered water pump, a 100,000 liters water reservoir, piped water to six schools, water stands in the communities, toilets in four schools which have the most acute need, and a public toilet in the marketplace.
Merikit township has a population of 3,341 people in the village center. It has four primary schools, two secondary schools, a Health Centre (Public Medical Clinic), a trading center, and the sub county headquarters. The surrounding areas served by the village center, schools, and health clinic number have a population of roughly 16,000.
The village population swells to 5,000 to 6,000 during the two market days each week. The main economic activities are small scale trading and farming.
Merikit has two secondary schools and four primary schools which have a total student population of 3,754, some of whom come from neighboring villages. 
The Merikit Health Clinic serves a catchment area of 16,000 people.  The outpatient department had 8,352 patients, there were 323 deliveries in the maternity department, and there were 601 cases of diarrhea and other waterborne disease in the last six months of 2017.
Merikit is a water scarce area.  People fetch water from the swamps during the wet season which dry up shortly after the rains have stopped. This swamp water is shared with animals rendering it unsafe for human use. There are a handful of shallow well boreholes which frequently break down and produce water only intermittently during the dry season.
The project has been designed to have a deep well borehole, a solar powered water pump, a 100,000 liters distribution reservoir, a 5 km pipe network, and twelve public water stands, each with four taps. The sanitation facilities will include 4 drainable toilets in each of four schools with separate access for the male and female students and another toilet with separate access for males and females in the market area.  All toilet and shelter floors will be tiled, and walls will be partially tiled and partially painted.  A stainless steel sink with swivel tap and a glazed hand washing basin with mirror above will be installed in each station.  There will also be a waste outlet grating and plastic plug and chain.
The maternity department at the health center shall be renovated and provided solar heated warm water. The toilet building will be outfitted as described above. The floor of the maternity ward will be tiled and the walls partially tiled.  Terrazzo flooring will be installed on the veranda around the maternity ward block. 
Training in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) skills needed such as hand washing and general and menstrual hygiene will support new mothers and newborn children at the health facilities as well as teenage girls so that they may continue their studies. During the needs assessment in this area which was performed in 2017 and included surveys of government, political and religious leaders as well as the director of the health clinic and school administrators, the affected communities indicated that a lack of clean water and access to basic sanitation is a major problem leading to the rampant ill health and absenteeism from school. In addition, members of the assessment team met with and spoke to numerous local citizens to discuss local needs.  Access to clean water was the number one resource requested with sanitation and hygiene a close second, in particular for their school age children.
The Global Grant application has been written in partnership with the Rotary Club of Kampala team. This project will encourage the targeted communities to participate by providing labor during the implementation of the project for digging trenches for the laying of water pipe. The communities have formed a water user committee which is being guided by a member of the Rotary Club of Kampala.  The water committee will manage the maintenance of the water and sanitation facilities. A “Water Maintenance Account” will be established with the Centenary Bank in Uganda, to provide funds for sustainability and expansion. The community will be empowered to take the lead in managing the water system, continuing education, and deriving revenue from the water users needed for long term viability of the WaSH program.

We appreciate the support of  Montreal Rotary Club and Fondation Coup de Coeur in this project.  

All the best 

Walter


 
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