We’re taking a break from money and finance this week to talk about a little non-profit venture.
Yesterday we looked at Phase One of the Uganda Water Project. Today let’s cover Phase Two.
With the borehole drilled and the manual pump/spigot installed, Phase One of the project was completed in October 2023.
We wired $12,000 to Bevar Forex Bureau on December 1, 2023 to begin Phase Two. It consisted of constructing platforms and installing water tanks for storage and additional access.
This image gives us a great feel for what it looks like as you approach the site:
As you drive or walk down this road, you’ll come to one of the well’s primary access points. Here’s a shot from the second phase of construction:
This is the water tank’s support structure. It features concrete footings at the base molded in wooden forms. They are what provide a stable base for the steel framework rising above.
The framework distributes the load evenly to create a stable foundation. That’s necessary to handle the weight of a water tank on top of the platform.
And here’s a shot of the completed platform:
We can see the well’s support structure in the back right of this image.
The black items to the left are the water tanks before they were installed on top of the platform. And the building we see in the background is one of the blocks of the Primary School at Mwera.
From here the team did similar work to prepare two other access points for water tank installation to complete Phase Two of the project.
Tomorrow we’ll walk through Phase Three – which consisted of trenching, piping, and a fantastic extension to our original plan.
-Joe Withrow
P.S. If you would like to learn more about our non-profit, the modestly named Foundation for Human Civilization, you can find its site right here: https://f4hc.org/