Our partnership with Ugandan Water Project (UWP)

Health workers in Wakiso currently face the challenge of treating patients in the midst of a pandemic while Grappling with severely limited water supplies. High water costs result in draconian measures for water rationing at a time when it’s critical to have adequate water for hygiene, cleaning, and medical use. As a result, health workers may have to treat patients without enough water for handwashing, leaving staff and patients alike vulnerable to picking up new diseases, including COVID-19, on-site. Additionally, patients are at increased risk when health facilities cannot provide basic drinking water for treatments, including urgent rehydration of children suffering from diarrheal disease, which is one of the leading causes of death among children in Uganda.

One Day’s Wages partnered with the Ugandan Water Project (UWP) to bring reliable, self-contained water and hygiene solutions to seven health facilities in the Wakiso district. By providing high-quality rainwater collection systems, UWP empowered health workers with the water security they need to provide adequate care to patients. Water filter stations gave health workers a convenient, easy method for purifying water on-site, and fully stocked handwashing stations will ensure that each facility can maintain proper hygiene among patients and health workers. As a result of these interventions, health facilities saw water-related costs drop drastically, relieving the constant pressure to ration water use.