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Proposal for Bore Hole to be Drilled in Bukenke
ATK International, Inc.
A Kansas not for Profit 501(c)(3) Corporation
d/b/a Advancing the Kingdom Ministries
A Ugandan NGO
Directed by
Dr. Cliff and Julie Pash
And Board of Directors
Presents:
Bukenke Water Well Project Proposal
Bukenke Village, Nawansega Parish, Ibulanku Sub-County, Bugweri County, Iganga District, Uganda
25 May 2010
Document Version 1.0
1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4
2. Background…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4
2.1. Organization……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4
2.2. How the Project Originated……………………………………………………………………………. 5
2.3. Project Setting…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5
2.4. Project Map – Uganda……………………………………………………………………………………. 8
2.5. Project Map – Local……………………………………………………………………………………….. 9
2.6. Why This Project?…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9
3. The Project……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10
3.1. Main Goals……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10
3.2. Site Plan…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 11
3.3. Site Model (Based on Typical Ugandan Water Well)…………………………………….. 12
3.4. Project Log Frame…………………………………………………………………………………………. 12
3.4.1. Goals – Project Log Frame………………………………………………………………………. 13
3.4.2. Objectives – Project Log Frame……………………………………………………………… 14
3.4.3. Results – Project Log Frame…………………………………………………………………….. 15
3.4.4. Activities – Project Log Frame………………………………………………………………… 16
3.5. Timetable……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17
3.5.1. Water Well………………………………………………………………………………………………. 17
3.6. Community Participation……………………………………………………………………………….. 17
3.7. Sustainability………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 18
3.7.1. Environmental…………………………………………………………………………………………. 18
3.7.2. Economical…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 18
3.8. Risk Analysis……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 18
3.8.1. Risk Rating……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 19
3.8.2. Risk Analysis of Water Well………………………………………………………………………. 20
3.8.2.1. Funding and Self-Sustainability………………………………………………………….. 20
3.9. Impact…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 21
3.10. Millennium Development Goals…………………………………………………………………. 21
3.11. Project Management………………………………………………………………………………… 22
4. Budget and Resources………………………………………………………………………………………… 22
4.1. Drilled Borehole…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 22
5. Organizational Structure………………………………………………………………………………………. 23
5.1. A Kansas Not-For-Profit Organization…………………………………………………………….. 23
5.2. A Ugandan Corporation……………………………………………………………………………….. 23
1. Introduction
Advancing the Kingdom (ATK) is a ministry organization focused on uniting things of heaven with things of the world, under Christ (Ephesians 1:10). It believes in a God who provides ideas, resources and power to transform lives.
The mission of ATK will be implemented in the Bukenke Water Well Project by providing accessible, clean water to a village population to improve health, hunger, poverty, education, and spiritual growth.
a) Health: Half of the world’s hospital beds are filled with people suffering from a water related disease. Infant mortality, decreased work productivity (perpetuating poverty), and treatment of illnesses such as HIV/AIDS are greatly impacted by a lack of a close and pure water source.
b) Hunger: Water is fundamental to relieving hunger in the developing world. Often times, areas that experience a lack of water suffer because grain, fruit, and vegetable production is not maximized. A water well not only provides clean drinking water but also improves crop production.
c) Poverty: Without clean water, poverty is inevitable. You can’t grow food, you can’t build housing, you can’t stay healthy, you don’t go to school and you can’t keep working.
d) Education: Everyday, women and young girls carry over 40 gallons of water from sources as much as 4 miles from their homes and villages in Uganda. This leaves little time for education which is critical to changing the long term prospects of developing nations. Schools cannot run programs if they cannot provide water to students, faculty and their families. Because so many adults are sick from unclean water, children are often left to manage homes, provide food and look after the sick.
e) Spiritual Growth: ATK currently operates /oversees 3 village churches and over 15 village outreach groups (home churches/ discipleship groups). By providing a water well to the Bukenke village, ATK’s name and reputation within the surrounding communities (predominantly Muslim) will be enhanced with an end goal of drawing people to not only water, but to Christ
2. Background
2.1. Organization
ATK International, Inc. is a Kansas not for Profit incorporated in 2004. ATK received a favorable ruling from the Internal Revenue Service to accept tax deductible donations (501(c)(3)) also in 2004.
ATK is operated by a Board of Directors in America and Uganda. See Section titled “Organizational Structure” at the end of this project proposal for a listing of names and organizational references.
2.2. How the Project Originated
In 2007 ATK established a church and orphanage in Nawansega Parish, Uganda. As ATK evangelized neighboring villages, small discipleship groups (home churches) were established. One of these small groups was established in the village of Bukenke.
A peasant farmer from the Bukenke village felt led to give a portion of his land to ATK for development projects (Water Well, School & Church). As part of the land development, the water well is instrumental to any future projects and immediately will provide a much closer and clean water source for the surrounding community.
2.3. Project Setting
Bukenke is a village in the Ibulanku Sub-County, Bugwiri County, Iganga District, Eastern Uganda. It is a remote region with the land being used primarily for agricultural purposes. The population of approximately 5,000 is very poor. Housing is primarily mud-huts with a few mud-brick constructed homes.
Water supply is provided by walking to the nearest hand-pumped wells and then carrying the water back home in 20 liter jerry cans (about 5 gallons/40 lbs. per jerry can).
Access to education is limited. Educational institutions provide poor quality facilities and are a long distance to walk for the children of Bukenke. The nearest primary school is more than one hour walking. There are no secondary schools within two hours walking.
Employment opportunities are extremely limited outside of small-scale peasant farming. Most of the ground is worked with a simple hand hoe. Most of the harvesting, drying and preparing for market is done by hand. There are no shops, industry or other sources of employment.
Figure 1: Bukenke Land – Site for Well Figure 2: Another View of Well Site
Figure 3: Typical Mud hut style housing Figure 4: Dr. Cliff Pash at Bukenke Land Site
Figure 5: Typical Hand Pumped Well in Uganda Figure 6: Another View of a Water Well
Figure 7: Barasa Jackson – Donator of Land Figure 8: Cliff Discussing Land with Owner
Figure 8: Children of Bukenke Village Figure 9: Young Girl of Bukenke Village
Figure 10: Bukenke Village Girl Figure 11: Another Child of Bukenke Village
Figure 12: Typical Village Nursery School Figure 13: Wife of Land Donator
2.4. Project Map – Uganda
Bukenke is a remote village in the Iganga District, Bugweri County, Ibulanku Sub-County, Nawansega Parish of Southeastern Uganda.
2.5. Project Map – Local
2.6. Why This Project?
Let’s review some water related facts:
- Nearly 1 billion people don’t have safe water to drink.
- A child dies every 15 seconds from a lack of clean water.
- 1 in 4 children who die before age 5 worldwide, die of a water related disease.
- Women and children often walk miles every day to collect water.
There are many terrible issues throughout the world: Poverty, disease, suffering, inequality, etc. These problems affect billions of lives. Many people aren’t aware that so many of the difficulties facing the world’s poor begin with the lack of clean water.
3. The Project
3.1. Main Goals
a) Install a locally manageable water well to improve the poverty, hunger, education, and health of the people of Bukenke village
b) Create a 6 person committee from the Bukenke village to improve ownership and sustainability of the water well
c) Train the committee and other villagers in proper care and maintenance of the water well to avoid contamination and provide long-term sustainability of the well.
d) Train the committee and people of the village of Bukenke in water sanitation to greatly improve the understanding of proper use of water with end result being reduced water borne illnesses
3.2. Site Plan
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Land Owner’s residence
3.3. Site Model (Based on Typical Ugandan Water Well)
Figure 23: Hand Pumped Water Well Figure 24: Another Hand Pumped Well
3.4. Project Log Frame
Project Goals and Objectives
a) Install locally manageable water well to improve the poverty, hunger, education, and health of the people of Bukenke village.
b) Create a 6 person committee from the Bukenke village to improve ownership and sustainability of the water well
c) Train the committee and other villagers in proper care and maintenance of the water well to avoid contamination and provide long-term sustainability of the well.
d) Train the committee and people of the village of Bukenke in water sanitation to greatly improve the understanding of proper use of water with end result being reduced water borne illnesses
3.4.1. Goals – Project Log Frame
| OBJECTIVE | OBJECTIVELY VERIFIABLE INDICATORS (OVIs) | MEANS OF VERIFICATION (MoVs) | RISKS / ASSUMPTIONS |
| GOAL | |||
| 1) Install Locally Manageable Well | Installation of well | Community using well: committee collect data on how many can use it in a day | Successful installation |
| 2) Create a Water Well Committee of 6 persons from the village | Presence of known and accessible committee | Access through the LC1 (committee should keep local leadership part of any decisions and aware of trainings and objectives) | Willing and proactive committee |
| 3) Train Committee and Community in Water Well Maintenance | Training workshops | Notes on training, including feedback on community’s capacity for technical /practical well management | Proactive committee
- checking on and naming well needs Community trust in and cooperation with committee |
| 4) Train Committee and Community in Water Sanitation | Training workshops
Leaders to reproduce workshops in local area |
Tippy-taps (shows if message of hygiene has been received)
Workshop attendance |
Trainer should understand local household conditions |
3.4.2. Objectives – Project Log Frame
| OBJECTIVE | OBJECTIVELY VERIFIABLE INDICATORS (OVIs) | MEANS OF VERIFICATION (MoVs) | RISKS / ASSUMPTIONS |
| OBJECTIVES | |||
| 1) Improved community health | Less sickness, especially diarrhea | Clinic records of sickness and death from water borne disease | That training is locally applicable and adhered to |
| 2) Consistent water availability | What portion of the day the well is usable | Committee to record water availability | Users per well |
| 3) Reduce time spent on menial tasks (collecting water) | Water source closer distance to home | Committee record number of families who have less distance to travel with new well | Well maintenance |
3.4.3. Results – Project Log Frame
| OBJECTIVE | OBJECTIVELY VERIFIABLE INDICATORS (OVIs) | MEANS OF VERIFICATION (MoVs) | RISKS / ASSUMPTIONS |
| RESULTS | |||
| 1) Improved community standard of living | Better health
Energy to do other tasks |
Feedback: questionnaire to show impact of well on households | Implementation of both trainings |
| 2) Consistent farming: stabilize agriculture | Farming all year round | Food availability for sustenance and market | Consistent flow of underground waters – depends on flow (high, as it is in a swamp area) and number of users |
| 3) Time availability for education | School attendance | School enrolments | Access to a school and funds for school requirements |
| 4) Time availability for work | Number of adults in work | Household income | How beneficiaries choose to use their time |
3.4.4. Activities – Project Log Frame
| ACTIVITIES | Purpose of Activity |
| 1) Collecting local resources | Local input is needed for local ‘ownership’, which will determine the maintenance and effective use of the water and trainings |
| 2) Donor support | This is an opportunity for the global community to make a profound difference in the life of a community that would otherwise not have the capital to install a bore hole |
| 3) Mobilizing people: local labor | Work opportunity for the unemployed – though it would not be paid, there is satisfaction in making productive use of one’s time and capabilities |
| 4) Mobilizing people: water committee | A committee of community members who understand the function of the well is needed to enhance the long-term impact |
| 5) Training: well maintenance | Ideally, development projects are left with the beneficiaries to maintain because: (1) they should be done in a way that is locally sustainable, to empower the peoples (2) the donor and implementing bodies are more productive if they train others, and move on to do the same elsewhere – to benefit more communities. This is a basic leadership principle. |
| 6) Training: water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) | Access to water has benefits in itself, but the main benefit is its use. Clean water and the use of water for sanitation and hygiene is essential to healthy living: for the body and home environment.
Proper use of water will reduce incidents of sickness and mortality rates. |
3.5. Timetable
3.5.1. Water Well
Immediately After Raising Funds:
Weeks 1 through 3
1. Community Awareness and Involvement: Assists effective management of project
2. Form Local Water Management Committee: Creates project ownership and sustainability
3. Locate Exact Project Site (Official Survey)
Weeks 4 and 5
1. Collection of Locally Available Materials
2. Purchase Remainder of Materials
Weeks 6 to 8
• Actual water well construction
Life of Project
• ATK Monitoring: Ensures successful and efficient management of the project
Exit Strategy
• ATK Monitoring: Ensures successful and efficient management of the project
3.6. Community Participation
Construction of the well: locally available labor and materials
Maintenance: left as the community responsibility to identify problems and for more complicated cases contract a local plumber
Water use: based on the training, it is the local responsibility to improve their life habits in regards to water sanitation and hygiene. Such knowledge can be passed on to family and neighbors, and so take the impact beyond the initiators’ efforts.
3.7. Sustainability
3.7.1. Environmental
Use of natural resource: rain and well water
3.7.2. Economical
The Bukenke community will be expected to establish more formal systems of financial cooperation, for the well maintenance.
Boost local economy by increasing opportunities to be part of the market system (see points on ‘Time’ and ‘Farming’ in table above).
3.8. Risk Analysis
Explanation of ‘Risk’ Headings:
- Risk: What are the main things that could hinder the project’s progress?
- Risk Rating (Prior to Solution Implementation): A measurement of the severity and likelihood of a risk – before solutions have been implemented – in the following descriptors:
a) Very High (Least Favorable / Worst Case)
b) High
c) Medium
d) Low
e) Very Low (Most Favorable / Best Case)
- Solution: What options are there for reducing this risk?
- Risk Rating (After Solution is Implemented): This is the risk rating after the solution has been implemented. See definition of “Risk Rating (Prior to Solution Implementation)” above, for severity levels.
3.8.1. Risk Rating
| Almost Certain | ||||||
Likely |
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| Unlikely | ||||||
| Rare | ||||||
| Minor | Moderate | Major | Catastrophic |
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Low Risk
Moderate Risk
High Risk
Extreme Risk
3.8.2. Risk Analysis of Water Well
| RISK | RISK RATING (Prior to Solution Implementation) | SOLUTION | RISK RATING (After Solution is Implemented) |
| Maintenance Funding | Moderate | Committee to mobilize for community input | Low |
| Response to Training | High | Well maintenance
Basic hygiene |
Low |
| Understanding Importance of Water and Sanitary Use of | High | Show ways of making basic household changes | Low |
| Community Cooperation in Use and Care for Well | Moderate | Committee to record regular checks
Quick response to fixing needs |
Low |
| Well Contamination | High | Barriers to prevent livestock coming to well | Low |
3.8.2.1. Funding and Self-Sustainability
Fund raising and market for local items from foreign countries
Local income through agricultural means
Micro-development projects for the local families to decrease reliance on outside support, and increase families’ self-sustainability (as opposed to project sustainability only, and so maintaining the need for the Home project).
The balance of local and foreign income provides opportunity for:
a) locals to be empowered through responsibility and practical long-term provisions; and
b) Connecting foreign nations, productively and responsibly, to their neighbors in an increasingly interconnected world; the co-responsibility of globalised communities.
3.9. Impact
(See Goals and Project Log Frame)
3.10. Millennium Development Goals
The following international development priorities will be contributed to by the Bukenke Water Well Project:
a) Millennium Development Goal 1 – Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger. Relieving hunger begins with access to clean water. It is easy to forget that without water, food is impossible to grow and difficult to preserve and prepare. It requires very large amounts of water to grow food.
b) Millennium Development Goal 2 – Achieve Universal Primary Education. Everyday, children must transport over 40 lbs. of water from sources over 3 miles from their homes and villages in Uganda. This limits time for education which is critical to changing the long term prospects of developing nations. Schools are limited in the programs they can run if they cannot provide water to students, faculty and their families. Because so many adults are sick from unclean water, children are often left to manage homes, provide food and look after the sick. With the many additional burdens that a lack of clean water brings, education simply becomes less of a priority. This sets up an unfortunate cycle of poverty as without a proper education, there is little chance of improving one’s situation later in life.
c) Millennium Development Goal 3 – Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women. In Uganda the traditional role of fetching water is placed on women and children. Women have to devote much of their time and energies walking, pumping water, and carrying very heavy loads of water back to the home. Often women do not have the time or strength to focus on school studies and other entrepreneurial paths.
d) Millennium Development Goal 4 – Reduce Child Mortality. According to the CDC, over 1 billion people are currently forced to use water from hazardous resources for cooking, bathing and consumption. Approximately half of this population is children. Children who are consistently exposed to contaminated water or exposed to pumps or water sources that have been contaminated by water-borne bacteria, contract diseases such as cholera and they are often affected by life-threatening diarrhea from parasites in unclean water.
e) Millennium Development Goal 5 – Improve Maternal Health. The health of women during pregnancy and hygienic conditions for the baby’s delivery effect the strength and life chances of the mother and baby throughout these stages. A child’s growth is largely determined by its health and nutrition in its first 5 years. Women, often mothers, are the primary ones fetching water along with children. The work of transporting water is very hard physical labor. With endless household chores such as tending gardens, caring for livestock, siblings, washing, cooking, cleaning and storing, the need for obtaining water never ends, from morning to night, every day. The heavy water is carried on a mother’s head for many miles, with women carrying up to 45 pounds of water (about the weight of a 6 year old) on their head. This can greatly impact Maternal Health.
f) Millennium Development Goal 6 – Combat HIV/AIDS, and other Diseases. We know how this disease ravages the body. We know the effects of an immune system that can no longer handle even a common virus. Imagine trying to live with this disease if the water you drank was so dirty that even the healthiest of people could become violently ill from it. You cannot treat HIV/AIDS or even manage its symptoms without access to clean water.
g) Millennium Development Goal 7 – Ensure Economic Sustainability. Such basic developments are needed to free peoples’ time so they participate in the modern economy.
3.11. Project Management
ATK Co-Directors: Cliff and Julie Pash
General Project Manager: Bryan Mohr
Community Development Coordinator/Educator: Emily Comans
Contractor for Well Construction: Busoga Trust or Draco
4. Budget and Resources
4.1. Drilled Borehole
Cost
$400 Official Land Survey
$600 Transport Costs, Community Training and Involvement
$8,500 Borehole Drilling, Piping, Structure, Concrete Cap, Pump, Screening
$9,500 Total Cost – Drilled Borehole
5. Organizational Structure
5.1. A Kansas Not-For-Profit Organization
ADVANCING THE KINGDOM MINISTRIES, INC.
A Kansas Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Dr. Cliff Pash – President
- Mr. Larry Mohr – Vice-President
- Mrs. Julie Pash – Secretary
- Mrs. Grace (Hoyt) Greene – Treasurer
- Mr. Brad Mayhew
- Mr. Ron Crawford
- Pastor Hudson Suubi
5.2. A Ugandan Corporation
ADVANCING THE KINGDOM MINISTRIES, LTD
A Ugandan Corporation
- Dr. Cliff Pash – Chairperson
- Pastor Nicholas Ongamo – Secretary
- Pastor Zachariah Sserweddo
- Pastor Hudson Suubi
- Dr. Simon Toli
- Mrs. Julie Pash
