In early August the well at Nyakarongo was capped and started to provide clean water to that community. The well was dug to a depth of 21ft with a water column of 6ft and a recharge rate of 2ft per hour.

Elsewhere digging continues in Kigunya. Two shafts had to be abandoned after we struck rock at around 20 ft. The third shaft is now down 5 ft. We have two well technicians working in Kitanyata. They are now down 12 ft with a water column of 4 ft.

Our work has been suspended in Pakanyi, the 2nd village in which we couldn’t complete our efforts due to land disputes. We hope to be back there some day. In spite of the need in Pakanyi, we won’t site wells in communities that are not contributing sufficiently to the effort or seem unprepared to properly manage the new community asset. We are presently working in 5 other new communities, collecting baseline data and assessing the cultural and geologic feasibility of a new water source. We will assign these projects to donors when work has progressed further. We remain hopeful that we will achieve our target of 10 wells completed in 2008, our first year of operation.

During the last week of July, the Busoga Trust team completed installation of the well in Kihonda village. This is the 2nd well that Busoga Trust has put in operation in Masindi.

In other villages: excavation has reached a depth of 23ft in Kigunya, though the water table has yet to be struck. In Nyakarongo, the well has been dug to a depth 21ft with a water column of 6ft and a recharge rate of 2ft an hour. The well has been sealed and is ready for installation in early August.

To promote awareness of hygene sanitation, Busoga Trust has undertaken several projects in Masindi, including:

- a partnership with Masindi-Kitara Diocese and Masindi District Local Government’s Water Office to deliver a water, hygiene and sanitation initiative to a female church group known as Mother’s Union.

- a weekly radio show broadcast that introduces Busoga Trust to Masindi District at large. Shows in July focused on the sanitation components necessary for a homestead.

- a School Sanitation Awareness Campaign. The effort was kicked off in July at Nyakarongo Primary School.