In late March, the government of Uganda implemented a wide-scale lockdown in the country. While our office team has been sequestered in Kampala, our field team has been seconded to local governments to support them in awareness-building efforts in rural communities. Because of their experience in the field and expertise in WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene), our team is bravely going into communities to tell people about COVID-19, the symptoms, and how to prevent contracting and spreading the virus.

Using megaphones, radio spots, flyers, and more, the team is hard at work spreading messages about hand washing, social distancing, and quarantining to Uganda’s most vulnerable communities. They are also distributing hand soap to households and health centres, and are quickly building as many tippy-tap hand washing stations as they can for those who do not have them yet.

Though it is a time of great uncertainty, we are proud to say that the WaterSchool team is doing all that we can to keep Ugandans safe and healthy during this time.