Kagulu Receives piped water system
Financially handicapped to carry out repairs on the borehole constructed by DLLN Uganda, life looked dire, and that is when DLLN deceided to change the bore hole system into piped solar pump water .
Inspired by its goal of contributing to increased access to clean water, improved sanitation, and adoption of appropriate hygiene behaviour change practices in communities, DLLN -Uganda responded by turning the boreholes into a motorised piped water system.
It took DLLN months to complete the solar-powered piped water system, equipped with two 10,000 cubic litre capacity water tanks serving more than 369 families and kagulu health centre II with clean water. “We were gladly shocked by the support and generosity of DLLN Uganda. Ours was a simple request for repair, but they had bigger plans—plans not only to make us survive but thrive”, Ibanda says.
Before DLLN's intervention in this community, women and girls spent four hours daily collecting the precious resource—water. School-going girls were always late or missed school altogether due to long queues and distances.
Mivule,a community meber who practices cattle keeping and farming for a living said Before DLLN came to his community, he would spend valuable time taking his animals to kagulu hill to drink water. "taking cattle for drinking to the hill was a hectic job. I like the tap stands because there is no congestion. Now, I have more time to tend to my garden.
