Construction of water collection infrastructures
No. Project: 045 / P
Location: Abim, Amudat, Kaabong, Kotido, Moroto, Nakapiripirit and Napak districts in Karamoja, Uganda
Type: Development cooperation activities carried out in favor of partner countries
Intervention Sector: Water Sector
Co-Financiers: FAO
Duration: 1 July 2015 - 31 December 2016
Organizations Partner: FAO, Uganda National Meteorological Authority, DWO (District Water Office), DVO (District Veterinary Officer), MAAIF (Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fishery), MWW (Ministry of Water and Environment, DWRM Of Water Resource Management), KWMZ (Kyoga Water Management Zone) and local authorities.
Beneficiaries:
4,000 direct beneficiaries through the "cash for work" program (approximately 100 workers per site);
30,000 indirect beneficiaries (calculated on an average of 6 members per family)
Aims:
General objective:
Strengthen Resilience (Ability to Use Resources to Overcome Adversity with Creativity) of Agro-Pastoral Communities and Local Governments of the 7 Districts of Karamoja to Reduce the Impact of Climatic Climate Risks on Karimojong Lives.
Specific objectives:
1. Develop Water Management Practices and Promote Conscious Decisions for Monitoring and Allocation of Water in Karamoja;
2. To promote the collection of small-scale rainwater as well as the storage of underground water for additional irrigation, in order to reduce farmers' dependence on erratic and difficult to predict precipitation;
3. Increase the resilience of the livelihoods of 307 families through "cash for work" activities for the construction of superficial water basins, small family water reservoirs and rehabilitation of property after a period of 151 days in the 7 districts Of the Karamoja region.
Description of activities:
1.1. Collection and digitization of all available surface and underground hydrological data, including precipitation, temperature, perspiration and evaporation, river flow, waterfall levels and other relevant hydrological parameters, in collaboration with DWO and MWE.
1.2. Data tab on the parameters of quality and quantity of water present including data on drilling registers and water tests;
1.3. Collection of any historical hydrological information for the Karamoja region in collaboration with UNMA.
1.4. Develop water quality monitoring protocols and analyze bacteriological trends within selected wells using new and pre-existing data, in collaboration with MWE;
1.5. Design and install groundwater and surface water monitoring stations in conjunction with DWOs and MWEs;
1.6. Examine and document the existing water resource monitoring system in the Karamoja region;
1.7. Analyze and collect data on animal transit corridors and water demand in collaboration with DVO and MAAIF;
1.8. Examine, modify and develop new protocols and guide lines for surface water and groundwater monitoring;
1.9. Providing GPS to districts;
1:10. Digital mapping and GIS files;
1:11. Develop appropriate guidelines and protocols for a continuous database update;
1:12. Sort the data in an appropriate database and make a link to the GIS software for creating maps as a decision support tool;
2.1. Build solar micro-irrigation systems;
2.2. Distribute selected seed of high social, agricultural and commercial value, providing technical support and training for its cultivation;
2.3. Growing selected products of high social, agricultural and commercial value;
2.4. Training of APFS on good practices and techniques for cultivating and harvesting agricultural products;
2.5. Installing catchment basins for supply and distribution of water for agricultural and domestic purposes;
2.6. Forests of echinococcus vegetation basins;
2.7. Build underground storage tanks using the cash-for-work methodology;
2.8. Build a water distribution system for gravity at Okile;
2.9. Create associations for each type of basin created and provide for effective technical training;
2:10. Provide to each Water Use Committee effective technical training for the maintenance and use of the service;
2:11. Mobilize and raise awareness among beneficiary communities of irrigation basins and irrigation systems;
2:12. Inclusion of all stakeholders (government departments, partners in deployment, community directly involved).
Effects:
Although there have been some obstacles of various nature during the implementation of the project, it can be stated that the objectives have been met. Specifically, water management practices have been acquired and implemented by communities that are now sensitized and empowered to use and maintain services. The "cash for work" methodology was effective in supporting the families of workers and in increasing their resilience. Through the construction of basins and irrigation systems and the training of people for the maintenance and maintenance of the structures, a large number of people have been employed. Access to the water resource has favored vegetable cultivation and increased demand for seed of products of high social, agricultural and commercial value. Families and communities in general, who benefit from the waters collected in the built-up basins, are aware of the tools and services at their disposal, the opportunities that they have to increase and improve living conditions and the responsibility to keep them working. As is apparent from studies of the relationship between water demand and livestock transit corridors, it can be seen that many animals also benefit from donkeys every day. Over the course of a day, the numbers are in two locations, Aweimuju and Nangorit, the transit of 1826 and 1818 animals, respectively.