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.