Bulumwaki Primary School in Uganda with No Clean Water
A Headteacher in a Tough Position It was January 2022, and Bulumwaki primary school was struggling. The new year had brought 836 pupils to the school, but there was no clean water. “We really needed a borehole (well), but we did not have the resources to get one drilled, and we had no way to […]
Bulubandi Primary – A School Transformed by Clean Water
Bulubandi Primary School is one of the largest schools in eastern Uganda. With over 2,000 students, spanning grades 1 through 7, the head teacher, Naigaga Madinga well understands the magnitude of her job and is grateful for the fact that her school was transformed by clean water. Naigaga Madinga headteacher from the Bulubandi Primary School […]
A Ugandan health center finds relief with clean water
Pader Health Center finds Relief with Clean Water in Uganda Located in the Pader district of northern Uganda, the Angole Health Center II used to struggle to provide basic care to its patients due to unsafe water. The health center, situated near a trading center, serves as a vital community hub, yet its lack of […]
What Happens When A Village in Africa Gets a Water Well?
What Happens When A Village in Africa Gets a Water Well? Ever wondered what happens when a village in Africa gets a new water well? You may have read about the impact clean water makes in Africa, but what does that actually look like? We created a video to show just that. This short video […]
Our first South Sudan inter-school quiz competition
Drop in the Bucket just hosted its first ever Inter-School Quiz Competition in South Sudan. The event included 8th grade participants from five primary schools in Nimule South Sudan. The schools submitted four of their top students to compete – two boys and two girls from each. For the three weeks leading up to the […]
Naibiri Health Center II and how one nurse’s persistence paid off!
Meet Kamoyi Wilson a nurse at the Naibiri Health Center II in Uganda Even as a child Kamoyi Wilson knew what he wanted to do with his life. He wanted to help people! His dream was to one day become a doctor, so in school he focused on science classes. “Helping the sick has always […]
Laminogwiri Community School – Where the Drop in the Bucket Well Drilling Team Made New Friends for Life
Laminogwiri – Where Drop in the Bucket well drilling Team made a new friend for life When your work involves traveling to remote villages and providing them with clean water, it is easy to make new friends. But sometimes the people the Drop in the Bucket well drilling team meet become our lifelong friends. That […]
Layik West – a man wanted to get his village water so he ran for office
Layik West – Where the lack of clean water causes people to fight. Layik West in Uganda has many needs! The village lacks basic amenities like a school, a health center, drivable roads or any kind of police presence. But above all, the community’s biggest issue was their lack of clean water. At the time […]
Five Months of Drilling in Iganga, Uganda
< Five Months of Drilling in Iganga, Uganda The DROP drilling team just returned from five months of drilling in Iganga, Uganda. This district is in the south-eastern part of the country. As usual, we encountered more than our fair share of challenges. Complicated underground rock formations made drilling extremely frustrating. Deluges of rain had […]
Akecha B Village – Where Clean Water Helped a Woman Regain her Dignity
Akecha B – Where Clean Water Helped a Woman Regain Her Dignity Akecha B village was not an easy place to reach. The only road was more of a footpath than an actual road, so the village was fairly isolated. It was in this village that we met a grandmother named Balvina Akullu. Balvina is […]