Water project Uganda how to get support for this initiative

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Water project Uganda how to get support for this initiative

Hi all,

I am trying to help to find assistance to rejuvenate the wells in frontline villages of Bwindi impenetrable national park Kanungu district in Uganda via education on the importance of maintaining remaining water resources.

Your feedback on the best way to get funding for the project to start is much appreciated.

See attached project plan.

All suggestions welcome to help Luke and this important project! 

Thank you.

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  1. Hi Alison, we have developed a self washing filtration system for water purification using locally available materials and have installed seven in remote communities in Uganda including one supplying a community of about 300 at Mpange Gorge near Kamwenge. If this is of help, see the case study on our website www.waterreach.co.uk.  I don't unfortunately have anything to add regarding funding. Kindly Nigel Heeler,

    WaterReach is a not for profit company.

  2. I volunteer for the UK arm of a charity which provides water and sanitation for rural communities in the same location as this project, which is based in Rukungiri, called North Kigezi and Kinkiizi Dioceses Water and Sanitation Programme (NKKD Watsan). We raise charitable donations in the UK for the same sort of work and ensure that any wells installed are appropriately managed and maintained. Are you aware of NKKD Watsan? They may be able to help you.

  3. That's a very good project. 

    My group can provide you the best fit solution.

    The best Solution is possible and strategically can be devised if the topography, Soil strata, Hydrology and such other data is readily available.   

    Team of experts needed to collect all such a data if needed to analyse the complete set of data and provide a best fitting design to develop the final plan helping yield best results in minimum time. Initial site visit of the main expert help to define the real optimal state of fundamental strategy.

    Though the issue is laden with inherent challenges can be simplified and devised for implementation in short time after the data is made ready and available.

    My group is having all resources and expertise required for projects such as this to provide technical consultation.

  4. Try contacting LDS Charities. They have a budget to fund wells each year if you can get on their list. 

     

  5. If you can address the comments outlined by Keith Pitman below, you will have a much better understanding of the causes of the well problem, the production potential of the existing wells and the possible alternatives for solving the problem which might include digging some new wells in locations that have better potential for sustained, long-term production.  After all, the objective of a project like this is not simply to re-dig the wells in the area (which might provide temporary relief), but rather to provide a long-lasting local solution to the region's water supply.

  6. The very fact that the wells are located close to the national park is an indication that there is potential for ground water.  Hydrological details of even the National park may supplement the observation.  The ideal solution could be to initially undertake Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) in select locations both in the villages you propose and close the national park periphery to understand the gradient potential.  It is also possible that the wells are dried up due to the severe harsh conditions.  In case the results show variation in the ground water data, you may have to deepen the wells to rejuvenate them.

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    1. Hi AK. Thank you for your reply. I shall forward to the author Luke.

      Will keep you updated.

  7. Dear Ian,

    Look at this site of the Islamic Bank of Development based in Jeddah in KSA:

    https://www.isdb.org/

    I know that they have a program for such projects.

    Best regards.

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    2. Hi, Keith. I shall forward the response to Luke the author and will update you accordingly.

      Thank you

      Ian

  8. Dear Ian,

    A worthy proposal.  However, a vital issue is not addressed - why did the wells become disused? Was it hydrogeological, mechanical or social, or a combination of these factors?  What is the geology? It is also not stated what sort of wells are being rehabilitated - are they shallow dug wells, springs (as is intimated in the proposal) or are they deep boreholes? Until you address these unknowns/problems I suspect funding will be problematic as many would be sponsors would be concerned about the physical, social and financial sustainability of the water supply sources.

    I have dealt with these issues in my career with the World Bank and consulting over many years. In the early 1980s I was at Loughborough University with the academic team setting up the M.Sc degree in 'water and waste engineering in developing countries.'

    Looking forward to your response,

    Keith Pitman

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