Every day in rural communities throughout Uganda, millions of people suffer from a lack of access to clean, safe water. For school-aged children it's a burden that traps them in poverty. According to WHO findings, it has been established that about 75% of all diseases in Uganda are a direct result of lack of clean water and proper sanitation. The most common water-borne diseases affecting the people in the areas we serve are diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid, Bilharzia and cholera. While statistics and pictures can crystalize the dilemma and lack of clean water in Uganda, the real experience is a manageable for most of us. Can you imagine life without access to clean water watching your children succumb to Dysentery and other water borne diseases? Water is essential for life, for health, for agriculture and therefore for empowerment and prosperity. In Uganda, lack of access to clean water subjects “especially” children to preventable deaths and or severe illness of different types. One of the major childhood kill