Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) - Uganda Village Project

Despite progress over the last two decades, **access to water, let alone safe water, is still greatly lacking** in many Ugandan communities. Without water, poor sanitation practices and unsafe water can lead to multiple bouts of diarrheal diseases for families, which is one of the leading causes of death of children worldwide and claims more lives than HIV, malaria, and measles combined.
In line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6, UVP focuses on prevention by teaching the importance of basic hygiene practices such as handwashing and the importance of maintaining a safe water chain.

How We Deliver Clean Water and Sanitation Education

School
Sensitizations

Focusing on providing education and access to handwashing facilities to students in primary and secondary schools helps to create lifelong habits that will be shared with their families and keep children healthy for generations. In addition to working with the teachers to construct handwashing facilities, we teach memorable rhyming songs (“Naba Mungalo”) and conduct funny skits to demonstrate the importance of handwashing.

Borehole Construction
& Rehabilitation

Boreholes are a community’s primary clean water source – we both help to construct new ones and repair existing ones, equally ensuring that education is woven into each aspect of the project. From training the Water User Committee, to conducting educational sessions on keeping water safe from source to mouth, UVP provides education to the entire community about the importance of safe drinking water and how to prevent diarrheal disease.

Sanitation
Campaigns

Campaigns are a compilation of several activities conducted over a short period of time, which target specific groups within a community. From house-to-house visits evaluating existing sanitation facilities, to group education sessions, UVP staff work closely with the sub-county Health Assistant to reach as many people as possible with information.