When it comes to good health, nothing is more essential than clean water. A lack of clean water increases the rate of transmission of waterborne diseases, keeps children out of school while they’re sick, and stifles the local economy as parents spend precious resources on doctors and medication.
In 2019, you helped us bring clean water to thousands through two simple methods:
Solar Disinfection
We train communities in Solar Disinfection (SODIS) - a simple and sustainable water purification technique that uses plastic bottles and the sun’s UV rays to destroy 99.9% of bacteria and other pathogens. In 2019, we:
Trained 21,825 households
Trained 9 schools
Trained 5 health centers
Distributed 168,513 SODIS bottles
Collected 172,885 old SODIS bottles and recycled through our partnership with Coca-Cola Uganda
Rainwater Collection Infrastructure
Harnessing the power of Uganda’s rainy season, these specially designed, concrete collection tanks store safe, clean water right at families’ doorsteps. In 2019, we constructed:
155 six-thousand litre tanks serving 775 households
14 ten-thousand litre tanks serving 6,873 children at nine schools and five hospitals.
Learn more about rainwater collection and meet WaterSchool champion. Here, you’ll find a video of Anna explaining how this simple concrete tank has transformed her family’s life.
“Before I had the rainwater collection tank from WaterSchool, I would wake up very early to fetch water. I would find long lines because the well is only one; on top of that, the path there is rocky and steep and after all those struggles I would only leave with just 20-litres of water which is not even enough for my household. My children were always late for school and my garden was unproductive.”