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Community rainwater Harvesting

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Community rainwater Harvesting

Quick Info

Countries: --
Basins: --
Project SDGs:
Includes Sustainable Development Goals from the project and its locations.
Increase Access to Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (SDG 6.1 & 6.2)
Affordable, reliable and modern energy services (SDG 7.1)
Project Tags:
Includes tags from the project and its locations.
Hygiene
Domestic Wastewater
COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus
Progress to Date: 9 Mostly with gallons by 20lts, pit latrine
Services Needed: Stakeholder engagement & facilitation
Desired Partners: Government
NGO / Civil Society
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Mar. 01, 2010  »  Ongoing
Project Website: www.bifu-uganda.webnode.com
Contextual Condition(s): PHYSICAL: Inadequate access to drinking water services, PHYSICAL: Inadequate access to sanitation services
Additional Benefits: Long-term partnership(s) created, Raised awareness of challenges among water users
Beneficiaries: Water utilities, Local communities / domestic users
Planning & Implementation Time: 3 - 6 months
Financial Resources: Between $50,000 - $100,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: pool
Project Challenges: RESOURCES: Lack of financial resources, RESOURCES: Lack of technical resources, OUTCOMES: Limited contribution to sustainable water management
Project Source: User
Profile Completion: 90%

Project Overview

Water as a source for community health is framed for our development through livelihood. As water scarcity in the community attention is opted to initiate an alternative programmes to have water . Uganda among nations that receives rainfalls twice a year. Community pays little attention to harvest it. The project has verified the situation of having constant water by community through trapping it from their houses and improved storage harvest tanks.

Unintended Consequences

Local authority not effective

Project Photos

Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Inadequate access to drinking water services, PHYSICAL: Inadequate access to sanitation services
Project Benefits: Long-term partnership(s) created, Raised awareness of challenges among water users
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Water utilities, Local communities / domestic users
Months & Implementing: 3 - 6 months
Financial Resources: Between $50,000 - $100,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: Pool funding (i.e., joint funding of several partners)
Challenges: RESOURCES: Lack of financial resources, RESOURCES: Lack of technical resources, OUTCOMES: Limited contribution to sustainable water management

Missed Opportunities

Access to information and data

Unintended Consequences

Local authority not effective

Project Narrative

The engagement of local authority is essential to implemention of the project.

Partner Organizations


None found.

Tenywa David
Primary Contact  

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