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WaterCan's
Program Director Visits Projects in Africa
by George Yap, Program Director
In May 2002, I travelled to Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, and Uganda to monitor and evaluate the progress of several water and sanitation projects supported by WaterCan.
In Uganda, I travelled with staff from our local partner CPAR-Uganda to Apac District, a four-hour drive north of Uganda’s capital, Kampala. In Apac District, we visited various sites of the Safe Water and Sanitation for Aber and Iceme Subcounties Project, and met with community leaders and local government officials. Travelling in our sturdy Toyota Land Cruiser over rough red dirt roads bordered by tall grasses and shrubs, we arrived at Adokoboi Village in Aloni Parish, where the Kulo Atigo 12 metre-deep well fitted with a “U3” hand-pump serves more than 400 people. Several villagers told me that since they began drinking from the well, they noticed that the number of health problems such as stomach-aches had diminished, especially among the children. At Micilin Village in Aloni Parish, the Omara Apai protected spring serves more than 2,000 people. Although there are long line-ups to collect water from the spring, these people need no longer to use water from polluted springs and streams.