– Pro Purpose Project –

Water Well Repairs

Restoring clean water to communities in Northern Uganda

The need

In Northern Uganda, repairing broken water wells improves the livelihood of an entire community, removing the need for the women and children who are the ones to walk 5-10km, 3 times per day to collect water. Urgent repairs are needed to many water wells that have been broken for months, if not years.

How does access to clean water reduce poverty?

Women and children in Africa spend an approximate 200 million hours collecting water per day. In most cases the water is not clean.

The time that it takes to collect this water is preventing girls from accessing an education - education that will give them opportunities that poverty will not.

For women, as the primary caretakers of the land and family in Uganda, time spent walking for water takes them away from tending to their crop and caring for their family. The crops are essential and are the main source of income and food for a family. Once a crop has been harvested, a woman may sell at the market for income to send her children to school, to pay for health care and to buy other food. This income source will also allow her to start a small business or other income generating activity, building her family’s income and further paving their way out of poverty.

Only 60% of households have access to improved water sources

Many people travel 5-10km, three times per day to collect water, especially women and children

Having to collect water prevents young girls from attending school

Relying on water from rivers or unprotected wells can pose health risks due to contamination

Lack of clean drinking water means a higher prevalence of waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea

Without wells, access to safe water sources becomes scarce during the dry season

The objective

The objective of repairing water wells is to give people in the communities of Northern Uganda access to safe and clean water for drinking, and hygiene – sanitation and handwashing. It allows communities to enjoy access to water in the future for drinking, hygiene and pathways to help overcome poverty.

Your Pledge: the gift of clean water

With your help, water wells will be repaired meaning many more people in Northern Uganda will have access to clean drinking water. By restoring access to clean drinking water, communities will be transformed.

New name

provides one person with clean water for every water bottle sold

Prime Time Electricians

provides one water well repair every month

Blueys Event Hire

donates a percentage of sales to provide clean water

Whos your one partner examples 840 x 600

JetBlack Plumbers

donates a percentage of sales to provide clean water

143

Water wells

107855

People provided clean water

Project Partner

To give the gift of clean drinking water, we choose to partner with Love Mercy Foundation. Love Mercy exists to empower communities in Northern Uganda to overcome poverty caused by the horrors of war. Love Mercy sees a future where Northern Uganda is transformed through simple solutions to poverty – increasing access to education, health care and income generation.

To find out more about Love Mercy and the incredible work they do, click here.

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