UG 24 – UNDERGROUND WATER TANK FOR KANGOLE
Project Location
The school is located in the central region of Karamoja, in the district of Napak, located in northeastern Uganda and on the border with Kenya. People devote themselves more to pastoralism and a little to agriculture, but the irregularity of the rains means that crops are often lost. Climate change in this area has been detrimental as there is no alternative to water from the sky. Poverty is currently structural and endemic. Now there is some hope of improvement as the new road built by the Chinese, which connects Moroto with Soroti, facilitates communications and transport.
In this context, the school has worked for more than fifty-five years effectively helping to spread the idea that school is a mandatory step for all forms of development and laying the foundations for access to a profession of many women who now, achieved this goal and freed from a life of poverty, support the idea of the right for women to a paid profession which is achieved only through education.
There are many women who, thanks to the school, have achieved a certain economic stability and care for the family by providing not only for the basic needs, but also for the education of children, thus laying the foundations for their future no longer tied only to land and livestock.
Project description
Founded in 1963 by the Comboni Missionary Sisters, the school currently has 1036 students enrolled. The average daily presence in school is 980/990 students. In Kangole Girls’ Primary School, one of the challenges is heavy rainfall that causes soil erosion, muddy environments and malaria. On the other hand, the girls don’t have enough water to wash heavy materials like blankets and jackets since the school cannot cater water for all the learners.
There are 12 classrooms, 2 dormitories, 2 stores and an open shelter that could be used to collect rainwater. Constructing an underground water tank could help us to face the challenge of scarcity of water, avoid erosion and muddy places, save the buildings from getting spoiled and take care of the environment.
Objectives
- Provide more water for girls
- Keep hygiene
- Control malaria by avoiding muddy places
- Avoid erosion of the environment
Beneficiari
Direct: 1,036 pupils, 18 teachers
Indirect: families and society
Referent sister for the project: Sr. Saba Ailai Nashih
Project's costs