Networks, Links and Collaborations

KDWSP is a member to professional bodies and a board member to UWASNET (Uganda Water and Sanitation Network) which is an umbrella for all civil societies in water and sanitation services. It is for the second term the Chair for URWA (Uganda Rain Water Association) which builds a bench mark for common understanding, sharing and strengthening rain water harvest as a viable means of improving access to safe water.

It is a member of Micha network, Evangelical alliance, Connected Churches Network and Transform Programme. It collaborates well with other civil society organizations in Kigezi and Kabale District Local government. It work closely with Ministry of water and Environment of Uganda, Albert Water Management Zone for interchange of ideas, learning and sharing, policy and technical input from mandated institutions

Working with local governments for sustainable WASH projects in communities, we hand over not only a  tool box but well trained community based care takers, artisans, water and sanitation committees and well empowered communities to sustain WASH projects and exploit the opportunity of access to water to improve livelihoods

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Brief History

  • 1986: Formation of Kigezi Diocese Water Department (KDWD) has ensured water projects addressing lack of access to clean water, water borne diseases and burden of travelling long distances in search for water.
  • 1986 – 1995: Emphasis on provision of water supply infrastructure.
  • 1995 – 1998: Health, Sanitation and Maintenance increasingly emphasised.
  • 1998 – 2000: On-going (or follow-up) support increasingly emphasised.
  • 1999: Identity change to Kigezi Diocese Water and Sanitation Programme (KDWSP).
  • 2000 – 2009: Increasing focus on poverty alleviation, accelerating service delivery through rainwater harvesting technologies training, information/experience dissemination and advocacy.
  • 2007 – 2009: Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS, environmental protection, food security and family planning
  • 2009 – 2011: Emphasis on integrated development, while maintaining mainstreaming of cross-cutting issues
  • 2011-2015: Emphasis on sustaining access and ensuring that water stressed communities also access clean water. Integrated water resources management using community participatory approaches to ensure sustainable water quality and quantity. Emphasis is also on promotion of rain water harvest as an appropriate technology to populations living on hilltops, gravity flow schemes and protected springs for communities in valleys and low lying parts of the ridges.

CONTACT US

Kigezi Diocese Water and Sanitation Project
Rt. Rev. George Bagamuhunda,
Bishop Diocese of Kigezi
Phone: +256772450019
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Rev. Can. Reuben Byomuhangi
Coordinator KDWSP
Phone: +256772524139
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