Regional program of support for the coordination and the technical support to the management of the risk of drought in the horn of Africa.
Project N 038/P
Location: Karamoja region
Duration: January 1st 2012 – April 15th 2012
In partnership with: district, county and parish water offices
General objectives
Improve children and adults' health level, through a better knowledge of existing water sources
Specific objectives
• Increase district capacity in existing boreholes detection.
• Collect information on the exact location and conditions of existing manual pumps.
Activities
• Training for District Water Offices staff.
• Survey of all existing boreholes collecting datas on their location and condition.
• Transmission of data to Nairobi FAO office.
• Data verification.
• Data and GIS (System for managing and representation of geographical data) dissemination set up by FAO in a final workshop
Achieved results
• 10 participants to the training
• 1.687 boreholes detected, transmitted to FAO and verified;
• Data dissemination
Direct beneficiaries: 260 people.