Launching of World Vision/Rotary Project

 

Rotarian Tim Murphy from MN is the Rotarian that lead the joint World Vision/Rotary Project.

Today, March 18th, I attended the launching of the World Vision/Rotary Project in Paicho. The overall objective of the project is to improve sanitation and hygiene practices and access to safe water for Northern Uganda. They will construct 28 boreholes, repair 16 boreholes, construct 16 rain water harvesting tanks, 16 latrines in schools, and several other hygiene projects. It is almost a $1 million dollar project.

 

Assistant Governor Dist 9200 Andrew and I.

The Vision statement for World Vision: “Our vision for every child; Life in its fullness. The Rotary Moto: “Service Above Self”.

This is the borehole well we had to clean up.

We started the day off cleaning up the borehole well at Paicho. The original Rotarian that helped start this project, Tim Murphy, from Minnesota attended this event. We swept the area of debris, cut the long grass around the well, and lined the drainage hole with rocks. Lots of fun and pictures were had by everyone. There were traditional dancers, lots of speeches (many of them WAY too long…), and a celebration. We were back in town about 2pm, and the team from MN had to left for Kampala. We had a nice visit.

Traditional dancing was the entertainment.

We watched as a home for a teacher was built by the villagers.

Rotarians Tim Murphy and AG Andrew help build a hut.