Local News Coverage

Here's an article about the great humanitarian work the Church is doing in Uganda (perhaps you can see in it Elder and Sister Bean's fingerprints!). The original can be found at: http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200809190082.html


Kamuli Drills 40 Boreholes

The Monitor (Kampala)

NEWS
19 September 2008
Posted to the web 19 September 2008

By Moses Mutaka

Kamuli District has taken a step towards improving hygiene by drilling 40 boreholes and shallow wells at a cost of Shs455 million.

Despite the fact that sanitation remains one of the biggest development challenges in Uganda today with 440 people mainly children dying of diarrhoea every day, Kamuli has changed this trend drastically.

The boreholes were drilled in the sub-counties of Butansi, Nabwigulu and Balawoli and some rehabilitated under the water and sanitation project funded by the Latter Day Saints Charities, a US-based religious organisation.

The development was revealed by the district water officer, Mr Charles Kiwalazi, on Wednesday at Naibowa Primary School during the closing of the water and sanitation project.

"It's encouraging to note that Latter Day Saint Charities identified the integrated package of safe water supply, sanitation and education in our district," Mr Kiwalazi said adding that water borne diseases had reduced.