Reliable Water Access Improves Women's Empowerment

In many Families, more so in remote areas of mukono, Children and women travel miles each day to collect water for their families. It's dangerous and debilitating. children are kept out of school so that they can perform this and other associated household tasks.
Given the present human resource constraints that the sector is facing both at the central and district local government levels, it is recommended that the sector identifies and focuses attention and support to some critical areas that affect the service delivery efficiency. For example Though mukono is surrounded by the lake and that is lake Victoria, some other parts which are not near the lake people in that area fetch water from the trench and water in these trenches is not safe reason being that this water is being used by both people and animals which leads to an out brake of diseases in this area.

The Existing Water Situation/Facilities and Related Problems
The main problem or challenges that we face in Mukono District are:

•Distances to the well from the households in hilly areas.
•Time wasted by the women and children fetching water.
•Water-borne and related diseases.
•Risks like rape, and child sacrifice.
•Risks on the way to the well; e.g. accidents, snake bites, etc.

Causes of these problems:

•Poverty in the area: the community cannot afford enough money to built up a better water system to extend water near their houses.
•The available water sources are unprotected, and therefore, probably polluted springs (pond).
•Diseases due to the available contaminated water.
•The distance between the water sources causes time wastage and the households.

Given the present human resource constraints that the sector is facing both at the central and district local government levels, it is recommended that the sector identifies and focuses attention and support to some critical areas that affect the service delivery efficiency.

It’s upon this background that EACO decided to move in to raise support and create awareness about this situation.