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The Project for Improvement of Access to Safe Water in Manafwa District
1.Project Detail
Organisation |
Elimination of Hard Core Poverty Foundation (ELOHACOPO) |
Amount of funding |
US $ 72,117 |
Signatory |
Ms. Joselyne Karuma Napokoli (Executive Director) |
Name of the project |
The Project for Improvement of Access to Safe Water in Manafwa District |
Location of the project |
Manafwa District, Butiru Sub-County |
Items that were funded through this project |
Construction of a gravity flow water system using solar power and a generator for pumping. Construction of 11 taps stands. |
Date of Grant Signing |
13th July 2011 |
Date of Commissioning |
12th June 2013 |
Manafwa District lies in the eastern part of Uganda sharing the border with Kenya, with a population of 330,400. After the turmoil in the 1970s under the Amin regime, the district has enjoyed a relative peace compared to its neighboring districts who suffered from internal conflicts. Yet, at the same time, the district was neglected from large scale aid programs, leaving the infrastructure largely underdeveloped. Poverty ratio is 56% (national average is 31%) and the rate of access to safe water is 54.9% (national average for rural areas is 61%) in the district, while currently there are only 8 boreholes, two streams and three protected springs for 30,200 people living in Butiru sub-county. Most people have to walk over 2km to fetch water, making the girls being late at school and even causing them to drop-out of school. The project has constructed a gravity flow water system and 11 tap stands in order to improve the access to safe water of over 4,600 people in the Sub-county.
2. Grant Contract Ceremony
The Ambassador of Japan to Uganda, H.E. Kazuo Minagawa, has signed the grant contract with Mr. Joselyne Karuma Napokoli, Executive Director, ELOHACOPO on 13th July 2011 at the Embassy of Japan.
3. Handing Over Ceremony
The Deputy Head of Mission of Japan to Uganda, Mr. Junji Yamazaki, attended the handing over ceremony in Butiru Sub-County, Manafwa District, on 12th June 2013.
Tour of Namekala Spring Unveiling plaque in front of pump house
Children collecting spring water at kiosk Councellor’s speech
Girl students from community performing traditional dance Commemorative photo in front of water tank
