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NAKIVALE REFUGEE SETTLEMENT
SOUTH WEST UGANDA
EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY APPEAL
UN agencies have stepped up efforts to assist those displaced by the violence: (Photo courtesy of MUNOC)
Continued violence in Eastern DRC has caused a further influx of refugees into Uganda since Tuesday 11th November. Around 2,000 Congolese crossed the Ugandan border into Ishasha, Kanungu district, in the early hours of the morning. They said they had been walking for over two weeks before finally reaching refuge in Uganda. This group of 2,000 new arrivals brings the total number of Congolese refugees who have fled recently into Uganda to over 12,000 and many more are expected to arrive.
Access to clean water remains the biggest challenge in Nakivale. 120,000 litres of clean and safe water is needed daily right now and a target supply of 200,000 litres per day will need to be reached by the end of November to cater for the expected arrivals and resultant growth in the number of refugees.
Some of the DRC refugees have been walking for two weeks before reaching the Ugandan border (Photos courtesy of UNHCR)
Vision Africa, a Brisbane based Community Development Organisation with operations in Uganda, has been asked to provide assistance in setting up a water filtration system using feed water from the nearby Nakivale Lake. In partnership with Global Development Group and Sky Juice Foundation, Vision Africa will set up a 200,000 litre per day filtration system using 10 Sky Hydrants with each unit producing 20,000 litres of clean and safe drinking water per day. In addition, two solar pumps will be set up to supply water from Lake Navikale into holding tanks prior to filtration. Using this great Australian technology, Vision Africa can meet the water needs of up to 20,000 refugees thus saving many lives and preventing outbreaks of cholera and other waterborne diseases.
$200,000.00 is required to complete this project. You can help by making a tax deductible donation online or by an internet transfer.
*Tax Deductible donation online, please log on to:
https://www.aus-e.net/globaldevelopment/donations.php?for=J16%20
(Receipt will be issued by Global Development Group) *Donations in Australia and USA to this approved aid & development project are tax deductible
For internet and other donations please email info@visionafrica.org.au.
To find our more about the DRC refugee crisis in Uganda please log on to Vision Africa News page...
Water for Schools in Africa Program - Yei, South Sudan
Current classroom at Yei Primary School in South Sudan
After more than 20 years of civil war, South Sudan is in a rebuilding process with the priority being given to the construction of new schools and other community based projects. Vision Africa is doing its part by providing water, sanitation and solar power in the first pilot school which is currently under construction just outside of Yei which is located 12 kilometres from the border of DRC and around 50 kilomtres from the Ugandan border. Once completed, the School will provide education for 400 children. Vision Africa is installing a solar powered school and community water supply system which will generate clean and safe drinking water to the students and 6000 plus people living in the surrounding communities at a total cost of $83,000. read more...
Clearing the site for the new school in Yei
New school is under construction
To make a *Tax Deductible donation online for Yei Primary
School in South Sudan, please log on to:
https://www.aus-e.net/globaldevelopment/donations.php?for=J16%20Vision%20Africa
(Receipt will be issued by Global Development Group)
* In Australia and USA donations over $2 to this approved aid & development project are tax deductible.
NEW SOLAR WATER PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR UGANDA
Mono Pumps Australia in partnership with GE Water have developed a new solar water purification system which can provide 15,000 litres of clean and safe water using surface water from a lake, river, dam or swamp as the primary water supply. Through the process of ultrafiltration, viruses, bacteria and other impurities are removed and safe clean drinking water is delivered on tap for community use. Read more ...
New clean water tank and the Solar UF unit at the St Francis Hospital in Uganda
SOLAR UF PILOT SITE PART COMPLETED IN UGANDA
St Francis Nyenga Hospital near Jinja in Uganda was selected as the Pilot Project for the installation of the first 300 WATT Solar Ultrafiltration system. This system is now providing 15,000 litres of clean and safe drinking water for the Hospital and the surrounding community. read more...
Clean water is now available on tap
ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER KEEPS GIRLS IN SCHOOL
Today in Africa most girls have two choices, go and get water or go to school. Women and children walk 6 kilometers daily on average to provide water for their family's needs. Our project data clearly shows that there is a 20-30% increase in girl school attendance when water is made available in or close to the school. Addition of proper sanitation with washing facilities for girls not only improve their personal hygiene but they further increase school attendance as the girls move from adolescence to puberty. We believe that girls deserve an equal opportunity access to education and access to tertiary and vocational training of their own choosing.
WATER FACTS
Contaminated water affects 1.1 billion people on the planet. It causes 80% of all sickness and disease, and kills more people
every year than all forms of violence, including war. Of the 42,000 deaths that occur each week from a lack of access to clean water, 90% are children under 5.
You CAN help.
Vision Africa is bringing clean water to villages, hospitals and clinics in Africa.
Your donation of $20 will provide one person with clean and safe water!
To donate online please click here...