New Well in Uganda #628
Uganda
Population: 27 million
- Lacking clean water: 36%
- Below poverty line: 37%
- Climate: Tropical; generally rainy with 2 dry seasons
- Languages: English (official), Ganda or Luganda
- Ethnic Groups: Baganda 17%, Ankole 8%, Basoga 8%, Iteso 8%, Bakiga 7%, Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%, Lugbara 4%, Batoro 3%, Bunyoro 3%, Alur 2%
- Life Expectancy: 53 years
- Infant Mortality Rate: 65 deaths per 1000 live births
Status: Funded (?)
This project is in the early stages of site selection and initial construction preparation.
During this phase, teams are working to ensure that the community is mobilized and ready for the work to commence. They may be working with them to gather supplies, prepare the site or organize a local water committee to oversee the project in the long term.
We will post specific details about the project, including locations, as they are made available by our partners.
Estimated Project Completion Date:
12/31/2012 (?)
Check back for updates.
Wells for Masindi / Jinga Uganda
Project Type: Hand Dug Wells
In some areas, hand dug wells are still the most efficient way to gain access to clean water.
Workers are lowered, bit by bit, into the wells removing dirt and rock as the go. Then, once adequate water is reached, the team caps and protects the well and attaches the hand pump.
A clean, safe water source is ready for the community.
Sponsors
Country Details
Uganda
Population: 27 million
- Lacking clean water: 36%
- Below poverty line: 37%
- Climate: Tropical; generally rainy with 2 dry seasons
- Languages: English (official), Ganda or Luganda
- Ethnic Groups: Baganda 17%, Ankole 8%, Basoga 8%, Iteso 8%, Bakiga 7%, Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%, Lugbara 4%, Batoro 3%, Bunyoro 3%, Alur 2%
- Life Expectancy: 53 years
- Infant Mortality Rate: 65 deaths per 1000 live births
Partner Profile
Busoga Trust America
Our Approach
Busoga Trust America partners with local non-governmental organizations
to carry out development projects in the developing world. Three
operating principals guide our approach: certainty of results, extreme
transparency and no overhead.
Certainty of results. In Masindi, we are working
with the premier water development group in the East Africa, Busoga
Trust. Their approach has been honed over 20 years through work on 1400
wells in Uganda and surrounding countries. Their experience, together
with the favorable geology of Masindi and stable political climate in
Uganda give us confidence that our work will have profound impact on
people’s lives in Masindi.
No Overhead: 100% of Busoga Trust America’s
overhead cost are covered by grants from its Founders. This means that
every dollar donated goes to Africa.
Transparency: Every donation, large or small, is linked to a specific project. Donors are notified which project their gift supports. Each project has a page on this web site that gives details about the village served by the new well, data on water quality and access before and after our intervention and photo and video documentation of our work and the new well. The idea is to provide to donors a window into exactly who thier donation helped and what it accomplished.
