April 22, 2010
PEOPLE returning to their villages in north will get piped water. The Uganda Red Cross Society will provide the water. IT has partnered with an international NGO, ECHO/Netherlands to start a water and sanitation project for the returnees, according to a notice.
The project, which will be funded by ECHO/Netherlands, will be implemented by Red Cross under the Integrated Community Based WASH recovery programme for returnees in the Acholi sub-region.
Therefore, Red Cross wants qualified bidders to submit sealed bids for sitting, drilling, casting pump installation and associated works for 27 boreholes in Gulu, Amuru and Kitgum districts.
The project comes at a time when communities that have lived in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps for over 20 years, are returning to their homes.
Sanitation is an important component of the project because as people return to their villages, they find no latrines.
Poor sanitation will lead to contamination of water sources during the rainy season.
Source: Aidah Nanyonjo, The New Vision, 21 April 2010
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