Posted by Richard Mewhinney, District 7070 Areas of Focus Water and Sanitation Coordinator, Newmarket Rotary Club

Dear fellow Rotarains and the Rotary family of District 7070,

Water Collection for Sustainability is a project in North Eastern Uganda located on the site of the Ongutoi Health Centre.  The principle is easily understood, create a rainwater collections system for drip irrigation to an orange orchard where the revenue will return to the Health Centre for free health care long term.  We are currently in pilot phase and are closing in on the completion but, we need your help. Amazing progress over the current Rotary year where the water collection platform was expanded to twice the original size and 5 additional 16,000 litre Crestanks were installed increasing water storage to 244,000 litres of water.....

Amazing progress over the current Rotary year where the water collection platform was expanded to twice the original size and 5 additional 16,000 litre Crestanks were installed increasing water storage to 244,000 litres of water.

In the Rotary Year 2020-2021, we will be applying for a District Grant to complete the development at the pilot site so we can move towards developing the Global Grant Proposal.  We need the assistance of clubs to achieve that goal, the budget is $22,500.00 however, an Anonymous Rotarian Donor has stepped forward to match cumulative club contributions up to $6,500.00. If your club can contribute $500.00 or $1000.00 towards the $8,000.00 required from clubs’ we can achieve that goal.

With the current COVID-19 challenges the District Grant may or may not materialize but, the project is scalable with the budget may alter and will proceed regardless with a minimum objective of completing no less than 60 percent of the proposed objective.

Kindest regards,

Richard Mewhinney

 

For more information contact;

Rtn Richard Mewhinney

Rotary Club of Newmarket

416-418-6646 or rmewhinney@roger.com

 

This project received the spotlight in the May 2020 WASRAG Newsletter, for more information you may refer to the article below and follow the links.

 

Ongutoi Health Centre Water Collection for Sustainability 

International Partner - Rotary Club of Newmarket

Since 2009, the Rotary Club of Newmarket has been supporting the Ongutoi Health Centre, located in North Eastern Uganda through a variety of projects. They have completed one phase of a water collection system, and now are embarking on a planned further expansion of this important water resource for this medical facility. Information on their project can be found here .

The excellent video they produced in conjunction with their partner High Adventurehighlights the work they have completed and the work that is planned. They are looking for partners to help them with the next phase of the project. For more details and to get involved contact Richard Mewhinney .