Residents of Nyakabira village Nyataboma parish in Harugongo sub-county, Kabarole district are excited about receiving a new borehole to enable them to access clean and safe water.
The drilling of the borehole kickstarted today as a donation from their fellow resident Traxier Komuntale parterning with her friends from North Calorina through a project known as Wine for water.
The village with over 250 homesteads lacked safe water sources for decades forcing residents to share dirty water sources with animals, putting their lives at risk.
The residents also walked for more than 5 kilometers in search of clean and safe water sources
Traxier Komuntale says that she found the biggest challange of accessing safe water three years ago after buying land from Nyakabira where she has been buying each jerrican at 1000/= and decided to use her international friends to donate a borehole and 100 water filters to her neighbours worth 65m.
Jackson Muhwezi a resident says that the only well in the village is contaminated with dead flogs and snakes causing constant outreak of diseases.
”We share same water source with our animals thus making the water contaminated and unsafe for home use leading us to constantly visiting hospitals of which are not well stocked with enough medicines” Muhwezi sadly states.
Jennipher Kemigisa a mother of two says that the long distance treked for clean water had resulted into domestic violence in most families .
” Since we trek for over 6kms insearch of clean water for home use, our husbands had started to loose home in us thinking that we be with other men yet it is becasue of the line of jerricans at the well and this had led to breakups in many homes” Kemigisa says.
Youthful Robert Muzinduki 25 who offered a 30m by 30m piece of land to community was overwhelmed with blessing as hope for accessing clean water knocked the village.
”Iam blessed that i managed to help my community with free land for a borehole construction which does not only bring water closer but also add value to my remaing piece of land by increasing its market as it holds safe water for home use” Muzinduki emphasizes
Harris Clay from Wine for water project added that its everyone’s right to access safe and clean water which reduces attraction of many diseases like typhoid, cholera, malaria, coughs among others.
”As wime for water project, we are ready to offer many other villages in the district with safe water for drinking being a neccessity for all” says Clay.
Howevery Clay requests government of Uganda for tax exemptions especially on donations like water filters being for lower community beneficiaries.
