Ndejje Parents’ Infant School serves 250 students in the Nyimbwa community. Although the school has piped water in its facilities–a rarity among schools in Uganda– the network is highly unreliable and water can be shut off for days at a moment’s notice. When this happens, the students and staff are forced to either collect contaminated water from a shallow well in the area or threaten the ability of a nearby school to meet the water needs of its own students by asking for water from the neighboring facility’s supply. By equipping Ndejje Parents’ Infant School with a rainwater collection system, we will release the school body from its unstable water supply and ensure that the young students and staff members can store up on clean water to help them weather periods when their piped network is shut off.
The implementing partner, The Ugandan Water Project, will erect a 10,000-liter polyethylene tank on a base made of brick, hardcore, and cement. The rainwater collection system will be paired with four Sawyer Point One water filters in order to ensure that all water collection from the tank will be safe for drinking.
