What is the project?

The proposed project will supply clean water in an environmentally sustainable way to a population of over 1100 households, 3 schools, in 3 villages with a total of 39 public taps.

Problem Statement:

Currently, Buhoma, Kanyamisinga, and Mukongoro are the rural regions bordering Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (home of endangered mountain gorillas), and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Southwestern parts of Uganda Kanungu district. In these mountainous villages, there are very limited clean water sources. Most of the water for domestic use is collected by women, girls, and young boys. The women and children walk I.5 hour to 2.5hours to go to collect water on average each day. This has resulted in social issues such as domestic violence (if local men find no water available in the home), school dropouts, water borne diseases, and teenage pregnancy (youth having long periods of time away from the home), among other challenges.

Planning committee members

Alex Twongyeirwe
Twinamasiko George Luke
Koen Van Rompay
Ramin Yazdani
Ellin Sidell
Shannon Ansbaugh

You can help us!

We partner with the USA-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, Sahaya International (www.sahaya.org; tax ID 68-0434770). Your donation will be completely tax-deductible. Sahaya International is 100% volunteer-based, so the maximum of your donation can be sent to support this water projectI. With any online donations, there are credit card or other transaction fees, which we encourage you to cover during the payment process. This is the only overhead for the transaction. The Givebutter donation platform (which by itself is free) also has the option to leave a tip for them, but that is totally your decision (and you can set this to zero).

Contribute via check: If you like to avoid any transaction fees, you can also donate by check. Please make your check payable to Sahaya International, with mention "Bwindi Clean Water", and mail it to the address below. Please also include a note with your e-mail address so we can email you a tax receipt.

Sahaya International
1504 Portola Street
Davis, CA 95616

Matching funds: If you work for a company that matches donations to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations, do not hesitate to contact us for any information they may ask for. Our tax ID number is 68-0434770.
If you have any questions about other methods to contribute, do not hesitate to contact Sahaya's founder Dr. Koen Van Rompay at koen@sahaya.org.

Thank you very much in advance for your support!

Green Mountain Bwindi Clean Water Project

for the Villages of Kanyamisinga, Buhoma, and Mukongoro

Team Members