Lifewater’s program in northern Uganda is helping restore the dignity of men, women, and children in Agali Sub-County and providing hope for a brighter, healthier future. This project will increase access to clean water and safe sanitation.

Narrative

This project will increase access to clean water and safe sanitation and will help school children and their families to transform their hygiene practices that, until now, have contributed to the spread of disease. In addition, this project targets previously overlooked widow-led and orphan-led households. From the early 1990s through the early 2000s, northern Uganda was devastated by violent conflicts between the religious rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), and government forces. Now the imminent threat of the LRA has subsided, however the effects of the war are causing ongoing suffering. Communities are rebuilding, but decades of war destroyed basic infrastructures, disrupted traditional farming practices, and led to a crippling cycle of dependence on foreign aid. Decades of forward development, community infrastructure, and common practices were destroyed in the war, stripping men, women, and children of the pride and dignity they once had. This project aims to restore dignity by helping communities regain access to safe water, construct appropriate sanitation facilities, and re-instill communities with knowledge of hygiene practices. Lifewater and Divine Waters aim to increase Agali’s level of access to safe water to 80 percent and will increase sanitation and hygiene coverage to 70 percent through an integrated water, sanitation, and hygiene program.
The project will increase access to safe water, raise knowledge and awareness of WASH practices, implement a school WASH program, and build the capacity of Divine Waters to increase effectiveness of project implementation.