How does access to water relieve poverty?
Women and children in Africa spend approximately 200 million hours collecting water. They walk anywhere from 5 – 10kms to collect their water 3 times per day.
Often, when they reach the water source, it isn’t even clean.
The time that it takes to collect this water takes women away from tending to their crop, and is preventing girls from accessing an education – education that will give them opportunities that poverty will not.
Well Worth It seeks to provide communities with access to safe, clean water – a basic human right.
How can you help?
Give a gift to help provide clean water to communities of northern Uganda.
$300 repairs a well*
$8,000 builds a new well*
*due to rising costs of fuel and materials the cost to both repair a well and fund new wells has increased in 2022
Our team in northern Uganda identified these locations as being in dire need of a new well.
Click the image of the location you want to fund, and bring clean water to a community this year.
Te Waya village, Gotojwang, Olilim in Otuke.
Odokoamido village, Anyalima, Ogor in Otuke.
Ogul Village, Acan pii, Ogwete in Otuke.
Wii Gweng ward, Oget in Otuke.
Ott Lut village, Abongorwot in Orum, Otuke.
Okonylwak cell, Olilim Towncouncil in Otuke.
Akim gali village, Adwir, Alololo in Alebtong .
Acunga Agali village, Adwari in Otuke.
Akuta village, Anyalima, Ogor in Otuke.
Okile village, Atangwata, Ogor in Otuke.
Did you know that there are approximately 50,000 water points installed across Africa that no longer work?
Northern Uganda is no exception to this, with many boreholes failing due to lack of continued and regular maintenance.
Repairing on of these wells will restore this water to the community that is desperately in need.
Our Goals this year
20
new wells in villages desperately in need of access to clean water
14,000
individuals impacted with access to safe, clean water
130
wells repaired to restore clean water to communities whose well has broken down
Where funded wells currently are in northern Uganda
Okune Well
A contaminated water source 2.9kms away was their only was of accessing water. They would make this trip 3 x per day. In the village, the team spoke with a 70year old man from the community who had never seen clean water. He never believed in his lifetime it would be possible. The well now provides water for a community of 2,000 people.
Orbicell
The old water source was 3.5kms away. There was much sickness visible in the community. They cheered when the water was pumped.
Well #56
600 households impacted
Well #55
Servicing a community of 250 people
Well # 53
300 households
Baracuga Village Well
Serving a village of 1,050
Olil Village Well
Servicing a village of 480 people
Ongwer Village Well
Bringing clean water to a village of 380 people
Angiro Village Well
Obanganqeo Village Well
Bringing clean water to a village of 380 people
Akuriwo Village Well
Brings clean water to 380 people in the village
Okune Village Well
Brings clean water to 2,000 people
Ayoki Village
Brings clean water to 350 people
Teyao Village
Brings clean water to 600 people
Alula Village Well
Te-Dam Village Well
Angica Village Well
Lyama Village Well
Agweng Village Well
Opiradech Village Well
Barocok Village Well
Acwao Village Well
Aminidit Village Well
Ogeto Icok Village Well
Drilled in 2019 Amugu sub-county in Otuke District
Medo Well
Otitilo, Orum
Apalamio Well
Alapata Well
Akaoidebe Well
Alutkot Well
Agoloworo Well
Alingiri Well
Baropiro Well
Barjobi Well