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BUSOGABUGLE FROM THE EDITOR BOREHOLE REHABILITATION TESTIMONIALS I n Europe s darkest hour since World War II it is good to report two Meet Annett The single mother golden years for B T in Uganda Since of triplets and 3 other children the President challenged water could hardly believe it when she agencies to prioritise the repair of saw the first drop of water from non functioning boreholes In April their borehole after 5 years of 20 B T has so far restored 695 non functionality On Thursday boreholes serving about 500 the 10th February 2022 Busoga people every day with clean water Trust has changed my story and the full WASH package lightened my burdens and has reaching in total 350 000 people shown me that there is someone After being drilled over 90 percent of out there who cares She happily these failed boreholes had been commented I used to leave my fitted with inferior materials G I or six children alone and scared in plastic pipes which either rusted or the house and go fetch water at a broke very distant borehole Sometimes Over time It became too expensive I could lack water for bathing my for local people to maintain them children drinking or washing their and many were simply abandoned cloths But thanks to Busoga Trust for repairing our borehole I can now easily fetch water with my six children and walk back home with no worries With tears of joy in her eyes Annett said I can never forget Busoga Trust in my life Thank you for repairing our borehole Yet B T can restore these boreholes in 2 3days using the best quality stainless steel The Impact of this work has been way beyond our expectations There are over 12 000 non functioning boreholes by the government s latest estimate So there is a lot to do However every person is equally important in the eyes of God and B T must grow our My name is Kalembo Fred the Chairperson water user and sanitation vision accordingly We remain committee Walanga borehole When pipes were stolen from the borehole upheld financially entirely by the the entire village thought the well will never produce water again But private sector Trusts individuals when we received a visitor from Busoga Trust she assured us that all will be churchs schools rotaries and the well provided we can protect the borehole from people with bad like We do offer excellent value for intentions At first it seemed like a joke that a non government money spending under 3 on organisation was willing to invest in a source that had lost all pipes and fundraising We greatly need and rods To our surprise in a space of only two weeks the borehole had been appreciate your help rehabilitated leaving the entire community speechless All pipes and rods Busogabugle Spring edition P 1 were replaced giving it a new look Well done to Busoga Trust

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BUSOGABUGLE BOREHOLE REHABILITATION TESTIMONIALS BEFORE AFTER Meet little Akram Wedala 11 years old from Nakivubo A Kanyogoga I stay with my aged grandmother we grow bananas and maize on small scale for survival For five years we have been drinking dirty stinking pond water ever since our borehole broke down this experience has been the worst in my life because my grandmother and I became friends of the hospital and bilharzia tablets became part of our diet We could not even afford to buy books and to pay fees for school I was in Primary Five but dropped out of school When I had lost hope Busoga Trust came to my village and promised to repair our borehole I am eagerly waiting for that day to come said Akram That day came this March as you can see above Meet little Onyango Ziraba 8 years old in Primary One from Nakivubo B He lives with his father and stepmother His smile says it all You have saved me from the daily quarrels with my step mother because of water Ever since our borehole broke down every evening when I come back from school even before eating food she sends me to fetch water at a very distant swamp This made me miss my mother who died 2 years ago Sometimes I could feel so weak to carry a jerrycan of water home but I could not reject my step mother s orders for fear of retribution But now that Busoga Trust has repaired our borehole all my worries and tears have been wiped away BUSOGABUGLE SPRING EDITION P2

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BUSOGABUGLE Achieving the impossible Indefinite maintenance of boreholes B T s Flagship Program The PBR PAYMENT BY RESULTS I f at first you don t succeed try and try and try again So one s grandparents used to say Successful long term maintenance is the Holy Grail of rural water For several years B T struggled Then since June 2020 the PBR took off The number of communities enrolled has grown from 150 to 580 These are signed up and paid up members of the PBR our professionalised system of maintenance Each source belongs to a concession looked after by a professional mechanic He or she ensures that all their sources are working properly The usual problems encountered are easily managed ie bearings chains and buckets need replacement from time to time Stainless steel does not rust Our next challenge is to achieve 1 000 PBR boreholes We then would like a consultant to assess and write up the program This could be B T s biggest contribution to Rural Africa where often 50 of water sources are non functional B T is creating independence not dependence TESTIMONIALS THE PBR B T S FLAGSHIP PROGRAM Meet Wansolo George and B T S CDO Winnie George tells us We used to wait for the borehole to break down and then bump into peoples homes asking for large sums of money for repair and this caused havoc in the community as people raised insults to us the WUC members because they didn t have instant money As a result the pipes got extremely corroded snapped and fell into the well For six dreadful years we had to struggle searching for water in valley dams and sharing with cattle But now it has been seven months of consistent and effective functionality of our borehole supplying our community with safe clean water We ve had two incidents of break downs when our pump had rod disconnections but on both occasions the response from Busoga Trust and our mechanic was immediate I no longer have to sell my maize or bump into peoples homes asking for money to repair our borehole the as it was before due to poor management of the water source funds If it wasn t for the PBR program I am sure our borehole wouldn t be functioning now reported Wansolo George the Chairperson of the WUC BUSOGABUGLE SPRING EDITION P4

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BUSOGABUGLE MORE PBR TESTIMONIALS Meet Kamanzi Josephine 40 years old and a proud mother of 4 children talking to Immaculate B T s CDO We no longer have to be woken up by the early morning knocks on our doors asking for instant money whenever our borehole broke down When we failed to raise the money the borehole could remain non functional for months We are so thankful to Busoga Trust for incorporating the PBR program in their scope of work It has meticulously solved all our water source management woes and ensured full time functionality of our borehole Whenever our borehole broke down there was immediate response from the WSP and Busoga Trust without hesitation It s been 10 months since the intervention by BT and we can t wait to extend our agreement with Busoga Trust You have indeed fulfilled your promise of timely efficient and effective service delivery She commented Mr Ntalo George William is 77 years old and a retired fish factory engineer For four years now he has been Chairman of the water source The water pump sits on his land near his cocoa and coffee garden Security was very difficult especially for young girls and kids due to distance but when it was resited security of both the water source and users is now good Also the caretaker lives near the source and he monitors all wrong activities at the source People no long misbehave Mr Ntalo explains that before joining the PBR program monthly payment was not easy People used to dodge payments and misbehave It s now easy to talk to fee defaulters as they are happy to save and the journey has been much smoother The challenge is sustainability of the program but our WSP gives us quick service whenever we call him and water user fees are well recorded BUSOGABUGLE SPRING EDITION P5

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BUSOGABUGLE IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS EXCEPT WHEN cows drinking borehole water bottle irrigation beehives IT DROUGHTS Right now the Horn of Africa is suffering a grievous drought Many pastoralists have seen all of their precious animals perish This drought is now afflicting parts of Uganda Buyende and Kayunga are badly hit but the 102 boreholes B T has restored in Kayunga and the 174 which B T has restored in Buyende are real life savers for both the people and their cattle which are drinking out of tanks placed by the boreholes Just imagine what that means to people for whom their animals represent their livelihoods Furthermore this drought has come just when B T is planting and selling fruit tree seedlings to counter deforestation We are in a race against time B T has decided we cannot afford to wait for the rains to come We must plant plant and plant again The fruit tree seedlings can be watered from the boreholes Then when they are sold they can then be watered by Bottle Irrigation President Musevini has been on Telly demonstrating how he waters his pineapples by bottle irrigation In the photo you can see B T s borehole water dripping from the bottle attached to the tree into its roots This cheap and effective solution is made possible with borehole water Water really is LIFE So far 5282 mostly fruit trees have been planted BUSOGABUGLE SPRING EDITION P6 Young boy waters his cows with borehole water

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BUSOGABUGLE TREES TESTIMONIALS ree Planting is one of the best things that everyone can do T Buyende District is one of the areas in Busoga region where people are facing the challenge of too much sunshine The place is extensively hot and dry because of the indiscriminate cutting down of trees for fuel timbers and other purposes This creates a dangerous situation where by people birds and animals are suffering due to lack of rainfall because trees play a big role in climatic changes In its holistic approach to development BT has embarked on a model of efficient water resource management by promoting tree planting in collaboration with borehole rehabilitation This program is code name Greening Buyende Meet 45 year old Kintu James of Butalu community in Buyende District explaining the importance of having trees in his community He said trees are friends to people because they breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen which is so good to us Trees help in increasing the green cover of the earth and thus improve the environment Tree planting is one of the best things that anyone can do Trees reduce the amount of storm water runoff which reduces erosion and pollution in our water ways and also reduces the effects of flooding Fruit trees are a source of food to us and many species of wildlife depend on trees for habitat James appreciated the work done by the Busoga Trust He said Thank you so much Busoga Trust for this wonderful TREE PLANTING CAMPAIGN We should plant more trees than we cut down we must undertake a vast project for planting trees in all Buyende Long live Busoga Trust said Mr Kintu James Article by Annett Volunteer Buyende Also Meet Mr Wilber of Ndolwa village who was extremely happy about the trees from Busoga Trust He said it has been long since I last saw fruits in our village most especially the lemon trees These are very rare in Ndolwa I even thought that I will never eat them again until I die since I don t even have money to go to town to buy them I am so happy to be blessed with the fruit tree seedlings in my home again and I will take good care of them so the village will not run short of fruits again His face was full of giggles BUSOGABUGLE SPRING EDITION P7

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BUSOGABUGLE BUSOGA TRUST HOSTS SANITATION WEEK A Large crowd of people most of them young children and their mothers trekked to Bulamagi sub county grounds this year for the sanitation week launch The day was coloured with different uniforms from some of the schools within the sub county and other institutions Presentations included the children singing with their soothing voices the national anthems the sanitation anthem special sanitation songs and dramas which were very entertaining Exhibitions from different partners including Busoga Trust were another ingredient added to sweeten the day together with different health and sanitation products such as liquid soap and satopans Finally the different stakeholders gave speeches and B T spoke as the event Coordinator on behalf of UWASNET UGANDA WATER AND SANITATION NETWORK the umbrella body for all WASH partners B T recognised all WASH partners present and appreciated all of their endless support for the District It was an unforgettable day rounded off with an excellent meal of Pilau rice and probably the only bottles of soda most would enjoy that year This National Sanitation Week is important because it raise awareness of the vital importance of sanitation and hygiene if we are to prevent and control the spread of so many diseases It is also helping us to achieve goal number six of the social development goals 50 of B Ts effort goes into improving rural sanitation and hygiene Juliet Ntono OUR SANITATION ANTHEM 1 Good Sanitation is the way to lead a better life X2 And if we change behaviour X3 We lead a better life 2 Good Hygiene is the way to lead a better life X2 And if we change behaviour X3 We lead a better life 3 Hand washing is the way to lead a better life X2 And if we change behaviour X3 We lead a better life BUSOGABUGLE SPRING EDITION P8

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BUSOGABUGLE SATOPANS MHM FEMALE HYGIENE Here is Babirye Mirabu of Butayunjwa village who was so happy about the training Mirabu said I have my aunt who is struggling with bad wounds in her private parts The wounds developed after one of her menstruation periods where she had used an old ragged towel and ever F or satopans read progress since then she started with itching in Perhaps the most significant private parts developed sores over improvement in the history of time that turned in to wounds and the rural defecation the satopan doctors said that it was a fungal was Introduced to B T by infection I thank Busoga Trust for the USAID Not only do satopans training for I did not know how look nice but their true beauty dangerous it is to use any kind of materials to manage menstruation is the way in which they admit both faeces and flies into the latrine below but then bar their exit Thus domestic latrines metamorphose from breeding grounds for fly vectored diseases and pungent odours into fly free zones of sweet fresh air and tranquil privacy The first man landed on the moon in 1969 The first satopan landed in Uganda in 2020 Which is the greater technological breakthrough So far 1 243 have been sold HOPE AWAKENED Busoga Trust comes in to shine a ray of hope to disgruntled children in Butabala Village who over the years have had to take ages to collect water The beautiful smiles of the innocent souls are over the clouds as these are now secure and able to collect clean water in just a minute Kidnap rape delayed turn up in schools and many more problems in search for clean water from distant places come to history after The Busoga Trust technical team rehabilitated their borehole Thumbs up BUSOGA TRUST they joyfully say Juliana Namwase Assistant Financial Administrator BUSOGABUGLE SPRING EDITION P9

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BUSOGABUGLE LAZURUS RISEN FROM THE DEAD Although B T only uses Landrovers Lazarus a Mazda is the exception which proves the rule Donated second hand to B T by the British High Commission in 2000 it ran for five years before being laid to rest at the back of the Guesthouse in 2005 Then in 2021 Lazarus rose from the dead Powered by a new Toyota engine and sporting shiny new paint It has proved a terrific success Lazarus is unstoppable at road blocks due to diplomatic number plates The E D is hoping to don a white suit and feathered Fedora and display a suitable pennant and to be waved through roadblocks on his next visit Some of the 450 beehives sold to Buyende FRIDAY MANNA AT BUSOGA TRUST It s always a special day on Friday at Busoga Trust The joy excitement and anticipation for the special meal that comes after the Friday Fellowship is seen when staff don t want to leave without tasting pilau A mixture of fried rice and meat Birungi Suzan who is the chef is a celebrity while serving And she makes sure everyone gets a share We thank BT management for the Friday Manna It rounds off a great time of fellowship Staff eagerly awaiting to be served pilau delicacy EXPLANATION ABOUT TESTIMONIALS Most Testimonials have been first recorded in situ in the mother tongue mostly in Luganda or Lusoga They have then been translated and written down by a member of B T Uganda and forwarded to B T U K They capture the authentic voices and thoughts of rural people BUSOGABUGLE SPRING EDITION P10

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BUSOGA BUGLE We are truly grateful to all of our supporters who have helped us to keep the show on the road over the past 12 months from fundraising walks to winter sea swims to individual donations and to our regular Donors THANK YOU None of this would be possible without you you are a vital part of the Busoga Trust family and we are forever thankful for your help and support it truly means everything to us and as you have seen to the communities where we are working If you would like to do your own fundraising challenge for B T get in touch by using the details below Your donations can Provide 2 500 REHABILITATION OF BOREHOLE WELL 3 500 NEW SHALLOW 1000 REHABILITATION OF A SHALLOW WELL 1 000 BUYS 3 000 FRUIT TREE SEEDLINGS 1 000 BUYS 1 000 SATOPANS Become a regular Our Donors are invaluable If you would like to become a regular Donor you can do so by using the details below Online Via our website donate button www busogatrust co uk Standing Order The Busoga Trust Sort code 60 07 29 Acc No 39810399 Cheque payable to The Busoga Trust and sent to our address below UKHQ BUSOGATRUST CO UK WWW BUSOGATRUST CO UK 44 0 208 144 5865 82 ST JOHN STREET LONDON EC1M 4JN

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