November- Living Water

November has been a rather exciting month in the water department at Off Tu Mission.
We officially opened one more water system, and this was at Stella Maris primary school.


The school administration appreciated WMI and Off Tu Mission very much for the gift of safe water.
the district inspector of schools- (Mukono) officially opening the LWTS








Staff, pupils and community members of at Stella Maris reaching for a drink of safe water.




There was also disaster response in Ishasha- western Uganda. During the month of November, there was an influx of refugees from the DR Congo into Uganda. They were fleeing from political instability in the Eastern part of DR Congo.
The presence of the refugees presented a number of challenges to the region. Among these was over crowding, inadequate sanitary facilities, and lack of safe water.

A team of 3 (Andre', Fred and Johnson) left Off Tu Mission for Ishasha, and the situation they found left a lot to be desired. The only source of water was the river Ishasha whose water is not clean.

As the pictures show, people were bathing in the river, swimming, washing clothes and dishes; to mention but a few. More over, due to lack of sanitary facilities, the bushes around the river were used as latrines. All the above posed a threat of the out break of water borne diseases.

A living Water Treatment System was installed there fore to provide safe and clean water to the people.