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Can I start?

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My name is Wanyama Kennedy.

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and my role in this project that

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we have commissioned today in Buaiswa has been

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ensuring that it is constructed right away

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from the source of the river Nile up to the water

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kiosk as you have seen me taking through the people in

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the entire system so my key responsibility was to make sure that I

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identify key and necessary required

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materials that are needed for this project and I work with

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the local teams to ensure that it is well

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constructed,

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all the membranes are well installed and ensure that the

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kiosk is delivering clean and safe drinking water.

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To be honest the overall

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situation of Bihazia in this community was really calling for

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intervention and as per the baseline

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results that were identified you know conducted out

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in this community

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indicated that quite a number of people living around

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these communities who access the shores of river Nile frequently

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go into the water and they get infected and so

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this really called for intervention like

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this that you see we have launched today I mean Commission today

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for providing safe drinking water,

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the ideal is to ensure that people don't go and step

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into that contaminated water where they are infected when

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they are looking for safe water.

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So bringing this safe water here has helped a lot to

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control the situation that was really very rapid among children and the

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adults so that they should not go into the

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river.

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the incident stay on this side and they are able to access safe drinking

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water.

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I don't know what that is,

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the 10 people.

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Okay.

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Have a tent.

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Okay,

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case

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is going to,

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I'll not give you statistics,

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maybe I'll just give some explanation.

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Okay,

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okay, okay,

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okay.

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I can repeat that.

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Yeah, the overall situation of the housing in this community was really at a very

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high rate,

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even the baseline information that we got.

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from this community really indicated that the situation was really calling for intervention.

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Different health centers around the community

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at the sub -county level and the district indicated that a number of people

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were reporting Bilhazia cases of people coming from this community.

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And also when you look at the situation and the status of living for

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every household around this place,

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all of them depend on one major

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water source,

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which is River Nile.

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And so this means that almost all the households,

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the highest number have access,

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used to have access to their drinking water from the river.

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So this really...

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It was very risky and it became a hazard to the entire community which

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really called for intervention.

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It was really very calling upon.

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Ideally

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there are different sources of collecting water for domestic use

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in this community and the major one being River Nile as

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you've seen and then the other source is

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artificial where the community collectively came together and they

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dug.

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quite a large pond where those

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that are not very close to the river can also have access to water.

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But also as I mentioned,

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because this pond also has a connection with a swamp

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that connects to the river.

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So entirely the water is highly contaminated and

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also there's that,

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you know,

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stepping into the water because people normally when they go to fetch the water they have to

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go and step in with their feet.

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So anybody that is infected with bilhazia would still

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leave the worms into the water.

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Some people also defecate still in the same sources.

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You see,

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it's a very hard situation for some people even to understand because the

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same source of water where people fetch their drinking water is

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the same place, again,

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people use to help themselves,

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like defecating,

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throwing all waste into the same source.

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Cows also use the same source.

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So every living thing in the community depends on those sources of water,

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including people.

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This

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new water system is going to be very,

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very, very fundamental in improving the health of

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the people living around this place,

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in Buaiswa particularly.

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Why?

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Because it's going to reduce cases of

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all waterborne related diseases,

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not just only bilhazia,

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but also cases related to colella,

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diarrhea and many others.

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They are going to be reduced by

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this system.

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Yeah,

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like you've seen this project,

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the Ministry of Health has been very fundamental in collaborating

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with the key stakeholders right away from the grassroots up

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to the...

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you know,

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up to

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the offices of highest levels in the local government.

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Here in Buwaiswa,

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we have been collaborating with the village health teams

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at local levels,

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LOC -1 chairpersons and their committees,

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the opinion leaders,

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the religious leaders and the community people themselves to ensure that

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people are mobilized and assisted.

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to be aware of the challenges that we have in this community.

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They have also been very fundamental in collaborating with the

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Sabu County officials and the district water office,

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Minister of Water and Environment and other district health

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office.

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All these people that I'm mentioning including the political wings have

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collaborated and brought.

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There are efforts together to ensure that we put a system that is workable

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and is easy to operate with a few minimal resources

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in this community.

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I

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would say it is a partnership issue.

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If the partnership between the

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Ministry of Health and Unlimited Health

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was not healthy or good.

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then we wouldn't have achieved this project.

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So ideally I would say thank you to the Ministry of

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Health of Uganda and Unlimited Health for

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putting a very essential partnership that

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allowed other key stakeholders to come in to ensure that a project is

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successfully delivered.

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The

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community is highly responding and is going

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to continue to respond to the payment system.

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of the kiosk because this is not decided

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by people who construct the system like me.

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It's not decided by Minister of Health or any other stakeholders.

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The decisions are made by the people themselves,

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the community people.

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are the ones,

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after the construction of the system,

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they are the ones that sit down through the leadership of the kiosk,

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they select kiosk management committee,

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they have the local mechanics,

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they appoint the kiosk operators,

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and they decide on how much they are able to

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pay per 20 litre jirikan,

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so that that money can be collected and is kept on a bank account,

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which they also open on their own.

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and they themselves select the signatures that are responsible and

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custodian of their own money.

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So that if there is any mechanical issues or operational maintenance issues,

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they use the money that they have been collecting to repair and

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operate the system.

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They are happy with it and they have already accepted it.

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The

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biggest challenge that I see in the usage

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of the system,

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that means

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people coming to fetch safe drinking water on daily basis.

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The biggest challenge that the community remains with is

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to mobilize the people to change their attitude,

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to change their mindset.

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Because we are in a community that

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has cultural beliefs.

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They have different beliefs,

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culture, religion and many others that may hinder the

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progress and successfulness of the system.

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So continuous education on the importance of

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drinking safe water,

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continuous education on sanitation,

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continuous education on

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teaching the community how

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dangerous

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drinking unsafe water is,

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how dangerous it is to step into contaminated water like in the River Nile and those open

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ponds.

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Once people are educated and sensitized about that,

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I think we will be safe with the system.

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So that's the big challenge that we remain with to continue changing people's mindsets.

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The

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new water system is going to prevent bilhazia infection in this system.

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Why?

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Because people will now stop going into the lake,

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the river,

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I mean River Nile.

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and adopt coming to the kiosks where we have constructed

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the water system.

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So once the highest number of people reduce going into the

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river and they start coming to the water kiosks to fetch water like they

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are doing already,

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that is an indicator that cases are going to reduce since

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they will not be having any contact with the water in the river.

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Maybe,

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let me just think shortly.

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I

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am very grateful that Unlimited Health

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and Ministry of Health of Uganda government has

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been in position to trust us,

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their local people,

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to collaborate

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with other stakeholders,

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to mobilize the people,

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to come together to ensure

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that the system...

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is put in place that is going to help people to have

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access to safe drinking water.

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Let me tell you one thing.

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However much Unlimited Health is

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raising resources,

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fundraising money and sending it to Uganda.

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If this money lands in the hands of wrong people,

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the system will not be implemented.

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If this money goes to a community where they don't need

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it, the system may not be successful.

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But we thank them so much for identifying the

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right people they are working with,

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for identifying the right community that is really needy

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and requires to have such a water classic to help and

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improve the lives of people in the community.

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Yes, yes.

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What did you say about it?

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Yeah, for Unlimited Health,

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Unlimited Health was able to identify me to

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come and support in putting up this

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system because I have quite

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a wide experience.

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I have worked with the GDM kiosk for the last

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15 years with the...

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Institutes of Aquatic Research and Technology in Switzerland

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Dubenduf.

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So this system was first piloted in Busia

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district and Maingo where Unlimited Health,

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Minister of Water and different stakeholders came and learnt from the

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system that we were piloting which later was accredited

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by Minister of Water and Environment in Uganda and it became

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inappropriate.

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technology for communities like Waiswa.

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So when they realized that this kind of technology is

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easy to operate and fits this kind of community,

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I was a contact person who was

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identified and that's how the

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partnership came in,

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to come here and support this community.

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So I'm really very grateful also that I'm able to stretch a

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hand of support to this community.

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by giving them a project that is really appropriate and fits

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in this community.

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