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The Water Crisis in Uganda
Owen Unrein
04/04/2018
The Cause
Because most Ugandan villages are not near Lake Victoria or the Nile River, they are in the middle of a lot of undrinkable swampland. Poor toilets are everywhere in Uganda which means that the clean water in the Nile and Lake Victoria gets contaminated when people need to go.
How did the Water get Unclean
How did the water get Unclean?
Since most people don't have access to clean toilets, the only clean water gets contaminated. The Swampland is naturally undrinkable
What does the dirty water lead to?
Over 4,500 children die every year by a disease called diarrhoea which is caused by dirty water and poor toilets. The dirty water is the main cause of diarrhoea and the poor toilets is just a side contributer that makes it worse.
What does the Dirty Water Lead to?
The Problems
The Problems
24 million (61% of) people in Uganda lack access to safe water. 29 million (75% of) people lack access to improved sanitation facilities. After two decades of speedy economic growth, Uganda has experienced large population movements from rural to more-populated urban centers, which would normally be a good thing. These huge population growths (triple the global average) have led to the water being provided and sanitation systems being stressed to the breaking point. Meanwhile, access to financial services in this mid-African country have improved significantly, driven mostly by the expansion of mobile money services.
Poor Toilets
Poor Toilets
Poor Toilets are one of the root causes of all of the water problems in Uganda.
8 in 10
31.6 million people is 8 in 10
Poor toilets are by far the leading cause of disease from the Water crisis in Uganda.
People lack access to good toilets.
The entire poulation of Uganda is 41.49 million as of 2016
That gives you a visual on how over 80% of the people are affected
So next time you think about going to the bathroom, remember to not take it for granted.
This leads to people going in Lake Victoria and the Nile River
Poor Management
Almost four out of ten people live on less than one Ugandan Shilling (0.00027 US dollars) per day. The government is trying to change this by 2020, but it is not going well. High demand and poor management (for water) lead to shortages of clean groundwater. Facilities are under strain in urban areas and wells in rural communities are mostly dried up, and this happens.
Poor Management
The Solutions
There are many possible solutions for all of the problems related to water in Uganda. Such as Water.org, a company that spends a lot of money in helping countries with a water crisis around the world and Uganda is one of their most benefited countries. Another is WaterCredit, a branch of Water.org.
Water.org
Water.org is the largest contributor to resolving the water crisis in Uganda. They have been able to reach 82,000 people, provide $2.6 million in loans, and distribute 3,000+ loans total.
Water.org has been able to distribute all of these loans through WaterCredit.
Water.org
WaterCredit
WaterCredit
WaterCredit is a branch of Water.org that provides small, easily repayable loans to those who need financing for clean and good-working household water and toilets to become a reality.
Water.org writes, “Since the launch of our efforts in Uganda in 2009, we’ve had significant success, reaching 10,000 people first through direct impact and then 68,000 over approximately three years through loans made available through WaterCredit.”
Orunyamo's Story
Orunyamo is a North-Ugandan village that was and is being terribly affected by the water crisis.
Orunyamo's Story
Their Cause
Orunyamo was not a great village before the water crisis began, it is now much worse. The Median age in Orunyamo is at a very young 15.6 years old. To give you a perspective of here, the average life expectancy in the US (as of 2011) was 78.7 years.
Their Cause
Their Problems
The people of Orunyamo have been drinking water that comes from a really small and dirty puddle. The people have spent years learning about sanitation and water conservation.
Their Problems
Their Solution
In the process of learning about sanitation and water conservation the people of Orunyamo learned that just approximately 100 feet below them lay a natural outflow of clean water. All they need to do is drill a well right? Wrong. They need water to make the drills so (keep in mind almost no children were educated) the most educated people thought to use the dirty water to make the drills. The people of Orunyamo are using some thing that would normally give them death, to give them life.
Their Solution
Reflection Questions
Reflection Questions
How did Orunyamo find out about the plateau of water?
I understand that they were educated but that is not what they were originally going to learn about. I find it confusing they found something they were looking for but not focusing on at the time.
How did Orunyamo find out about the plateau of water?
How does Water.org find the towns with the worst water?
How could they do this without the proper management required but not provided in Uganda?
How does Water.org find the towns with the worst water?
Plan of Action
The best way to go about solving the water crisis you would think of would be to donate to Water.org. But what about what you can do directly? You could volunteer to go on a mission trip or something similar to Uganda and help build wells or retrieve and filter water. The Curch of the Ressurection (COR) is a church that has regular mission trips to Uganda and other African countries that are in the middle of a water crisis. You could also conserve water here for the water crisis that is looming for the United States.
Plan of Action
Works Cited