Why Water

The Importance
of Water

What does water mean to you? When you turn on a faucet to drink can you imagine the feeling of living without even a drop of cool clean water?
That is the feeling millions of people have every day walking miles to find and carry water back to their homes – water that is often not fit to drink! It is indeed a matter of life and death. Infant mortality rate is high, in part, because of a clean precious water simply is not available. 
The core mission is to save lives in Uganda by gifting at least a few Ugandans with cool clean water to drink. 

In most of rural sub-Saharan Africa, people do not have access to running water. Uganda is no exception. Consequently, people need to carry water from far away sources themselves. That water is usually of very poor quality and it may not be available at all during the dry season. When the water is available, the task of fetching it is traditionally given to women and girls as young as 5-6 years. To provide the daily supply of water to each household, young women spent 2-3 or more hours each day carrying water in heavy containers or buckets. That job is more essential than attending schools, working in agriculture, or taking any other job. As their families cannot survive without water, many young women lose their chance to get even a basic education.

We want to help at least some of those communities. Water coming from groundwater wells is clean, healthy, and available right at the village. That would help the entire village, but the women more than anybody. From the environmental side, taking water from the local aquifer is safe and sustainable, as during the wet season the rains will replenish to its full capacity.

The Ugandan Water Crisis

A Brief History of Uganda

In the 1200s, people living in the territory of Uganda created the powerful kingdom of Buganda. In the 19th century, it was sujugated by the British Empire. 100 years of British rule concluded with independence in 1962. Uganda had hardly any decent leaders since it became a sovereign country. The current president, Museveni, is serving his sixth term. The most recent election (2021) results have been questioned by many. The current water crisis is in many ways a result of this instability. To read more about the history of Uganda, click [here].