Clean Gravity-Fed Water System

Water is critical to health. Health is critical to learning.

In recent years, the Ugandan government has spent close to $10 million carrying out several national campaigns geared toward the provision of safe water as a way of preventing cholera, bilharzia, and other water-borne diseases. However, between 40 - 60 % of Ugandans still lack access to safe drinking water. The situation is worse in rural areas, where Nyaka and Kutamba are located, and amongst poor urban residents.

Thanks to the Clean Gravity-Fed Water System, which was constructed in 2005 with the help of three professors from UC Davis, Rockefeller Foundation, and the UK, our students have access to fresh drinking water. In addition to providing clean water to Nyaka, it serves 17,500 people at three public schools, two private schools, three churches, and more than 120 households in the community.

The clean water system is invaluable to this rural area. It supplies clean water through tap systems placed throughout the community. Women and girls no longer have to walk for miles to gather water, missing school and risking assault, a previously common occurrence.