The Kitagwenda Water and Sanitation Project.

RC Kololo, RC Kenosha, RC Ibanda and Kitagwenda District Local Government.

A 2017 mapping study by Water for People for Kamwenge (Kitagwenda) District showed:

58% had access to safe and clean water

48% had access to improved sanitation facilities

24% households and handwash facilities

Pupil: Latrine ratio in Primary Schools as 58:1 (normal is 40:1)

This situation was compounded by inadequate funding for this new district.

SITUATION BEFORE THE PROJECT.

To alleviate some of the above problems, the Rotary Club of Kololo in partnership with RC Kenosha, RC Ibanda and Kitagwenda District Local Government prepared GG2014247 with a goal of improving community hygiene knowledge, behaviors and practices that help prevent the spread of diseases.

The overall project objective is to increase access to safe water coverage and sanitation facilities for targeted households and Institutions, with the attendant hygiene education in the District of Kitagwenda. Other specific objectives are to:

Promote hygiene education in the benefiting communities
Reduction of the walking distance to potential water points
Provide rainwater harvesting facility at the 4 Health Centers in the District
Reduce the pupil : latrine ratio in Primary Schools

176,000 persons are expected to benefit from this project

The Project has been implemented in all the six (6) sub-counties of the newly founded Kitagwenda District with a population in the order of 176,000 people.

The project outcomes are :-

Sitting, Drilling and installation of 6 No. Boreholes;
Construction of 11 No. – 4-stance Eco-san toilets (2-stance for boys and 2-stance for girls) at 11 primary schools, each with a 2000L rain water storage tank; and
Sanitation and hygiene education campaigns for each of the benefitting communities.

Project implementation started in October 2022. The completed project was commissioned on 25^th April 2023.