WATER FOR SCHOOLS PROGRAME

• Local schools become the Water Delivery Hub for the surrounding communities. A 10,000 litre community tank with four water delivery points is strategically located and installed to meet the community water need and reduce time and distance spent walking to fetch water daily. As a result, more girl students attend and remain in school. Women are able to spend more time tending crops and other income generating activities thus increasing the household income.
• Using Solar Water Pumping technology, more than 5000 people gain access to clean water.
  Up to 1500 school children gain access to water and sanitation.
  Bio sanitation technology is used in the school eliminating solids and re-cycling the water for irrigation, eliminating smells and flies.
• Hygiene education and a hand washing campaign become a part of the school curriculum. Hand washing points are installed near the toilet blocks and hand washing messages are displayed on the sides of the water tanks. Water is supplied in the school kitchen for cooking and kitchen utensil cleaning.
• Garden water points are installed in the teacher and school gardens. Produce is used to improve student nutrition. Excess produce is sold and funds are used to purchase school supplies including soap for hand washing.
• A one off $20 contribution per beneficiary is one of the lowest in Africa.

Community water supply tank stand under construction

1200 Watt solar arrays provide power for the borehole pump

Lusoga language hand washing campaign poster

SKYHYDRANT WATER FILTRATION TECHNOLOGY 

Traditional surface water treatment requires a large power supply and expensive chemicals making it costly and out of reach for African rural communities. East Africa has an abundant supply of surface water but most of it is polluted and unfit for human consumption. SkyHydrant water filtration technology designed and manufactured in Australia by the Sky Juice Foundation can produce 20,000 litres of clean, safe and disease free water from just about any fresh water source. Vision Africa is currently working on a number of SkyHydrant projects in Uganda. More details to follow soon.

The difference is clear! Raw contaminated water in the glas on the right and SkyHydrant filtered water on the left.