Water for Lifeand

Creating Sustainable Projects for the Future of

UgandaDr. Christopher Opio

UNBC Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science and ManagementPresentation to UNBC Community

16 March 2012

11:30 am

Outline

• Introduction to Uganda• Accomplishments of NUDF in Uganda

in 2011• Conclusion• Acknowledgements

Uganda(CIA, World Factbook; January 20, 2011)

• Location: Eastern Africa, west of Kenya• Area: total: 241,038 sq km (land: 197,100 sq km; water: 43,938

sq km)• Area-comparative: smaller than British Columbia• Population: 33,398,682 (July 2010 est.)• Population growth rate: 3.563% (2010 est.),

second in the world• Infant mortality rate:

total: 63.7 deaths/1,000 live birth male: 67.31 deaths/1,000 live birth female: 59.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)• Life expectancy at birth: total population : 52.98 years

male: 51.92 years female: 54.07 years (2010 est.)

President of UgandaYoweri Museveni

Purpose of NUDF

To design, fund, and deliver development projects that empower villagers in Northern

Uganda to create economically self-sustaining lifestyles that include safe water, adequate food

and access to fundamental health care and education services

Accomplishments of NUDF in Uganda in 2011

• 13 Water wells installed• Well water drilling machine bought• Water testing done• Soil samples from farmers’ fields collected and

being analysed at UNBC• Canada (Community) House almost complete• A two-ton truck bought• Solar panel and school supplies bought for a

Primary School• 50 goats bought and given to villagers• 8 Oxen bought and given to villagers• Had meetings with villagers

More than one in six people worldwide - 894 million - don't have access to safe freshwater.

www.unwaterer.org

Buga Village

Community members participate in land

clearing Drilling in progress

Technician fits a pump head

We currently have 42 wells serving over

50,000 people.

Between 1990 and 2005, Ugandalost 26.3 percent of its remainingforest cover, and deforestationcontinues today at a rate of 2.2percent per year, mostly due tosubsistence farming, cutting forfuel wood, and colonization by

the burgeoning population.

There may be hardship but also there is

Hope

Contact:www.nudf.org

Dr. C. Opio, President of NUDFE-mail: chris@nudf.org

Acknowledgements

• Volunteers• Financial Support from Individuals,

Schools, Businesses, organizations, etc.