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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
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Outline
• Introduction to Uganda• Accomplishments of NUDF in Uganda
in 2011• Conclusion• Acknowledgements
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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.)
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President of UgandaYoweri Museveni
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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
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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
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More than one in six people worldwide - 894 million - don't have access to safe freshwater.
www.unwaterer.org
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Buga Village
Community members participate in land
clearing Drilling in progress
Technician fits a pump head
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We currently have 42 wells serving over
50,000 people.
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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.
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There may be hardship but also there is
Hope
Contact:www.nudf.org
Dr. C. Opio, President of NUDFE-mail: [email protected]
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Acknowledgements
• Volunteers• Financial Support from Individuals,
Schools, Businesses, organizations, etc.