Taanda is another rural and remote community in Kayunga district, Central Uganda. Access to safe and clean water remains one of the biggest challenges for the community. Without safe water, livelihood remains difficult at household level. The effects of using dirty and unsafe water cut across to affect household incomes, close off opportunities and create a vicious cycle of poverty. Enrollment levels, school children retention and the academic performance at the only school in the community is affected.
There are more than 150 households. The majority of the people are peasants, doing subsistence farming by growing Maize, beans and Cassava.
Some community members got to know about the Community Funded Well program when our team was working in this region recently. They have worked quickly to raise a down payment and all is set to start drilling for them.
*This stream is also dangerous to collect water from. Unfortunately, people take the risk because there is no alternative.
*Derrick, 8years old, often leads her young sibligs to collect water from a surface pond but it is very risky for them because the pond is deep and it is slippery around it.
*James and his children at another community well. He is always worried about the children falling into this water pond.
*one of the community wells