In recent years, the Ugandan government has spent millions of dollars carrying out campaigns geared toward the provision of clean water as a way of promoting health and hygiene, focusing on preventing cholera, Bilharzia, and other water-borne diseases. However, 40%-60% of Ugandans still lack access to safe drinking water and this has exposed many Ugandans to diarroheal diseases.
Our Approach:
St.Ritah Women Development Association is doing the following to promote access to clean, safe water;-
Providing water low-cost water filtration systems (filters with buckets) and training community members on its use and maintenance.
Researching opportunities to partner with organizations to support the development and implementation safe water supply plants in the community.
Training villagers on environmental sanitation techniques (ESTs) to reduce water contamination both from the source and at household levels, lowering the risk of sanitary disease outbreak.
