Pakeyo Borehole

The Pakeyo Health Center, located in Tobi, Uganda, is a busy facility that sees more than fifty patients a day and currently does not have a source of running water. 

BEFORE:
Before the clinic opens one of the staff members walks to fetch water from a well, but it is a long walk and it is usually just a few hours into the day when the water runs out. This leaves the sick patients with no water to drink, use with medications, wash their hands or even rinse out the one cup they all share. The healthcare workers are too busy treating patients to fetch more water, so the patients are told they have to fetch the water themselves. 

Mercy is a fifth-grade student from Tobi, Uganda, who was being treated for malaria. Malaria is a parasitic disease carried by mosquitoes that kill over 400,000 people every year. Mercy was feeling very sick and had to walk about 2 miles to get to the health center. While she was waiting to be treated, she was asked to fetch water for herself and the other patients. Although she was not feeling well, she knew she was the best choice as the other patients were elderly. The situation is far from ideal and the Pakeyo Health Center is in desperate need of a safe water source.

AFTER:
Our implementing partner, Drop in the Bucket, drilled a borehole well that will provide access to safe water at the health center for years to come! 

Thanks to the following for supporting this project!