Mugira Fredrick 23/10/2007
Atleast 23 persons have been trained in construction of water tanks in Kabale district, in Uganda under a project aimed at equipping the local people with skills to construct and manage their own water projects.
The one month water harvest technology and sanitation course was carried out by the Kigezi diocese, of the Church of Uganda. The participants were drawned from not only Kabale district but also Kiruhura and Isingiro districts.
According to Reverend Rauben Byomuhangi, the Kigezi Diocese’s water and sanitation coordinator, the participants were trained in building Ferro-cement water tanks.
Ferro-cement water tanks are made of a cement-rich mortar reinforced with layers of wire mesh. They are usually cheap to construct and require less skilled labor. Several local people in Uganda own these water tanks which are used to collect water from iron-roofed houses overtime it rains.
Rev. Byomuhangi says those trained would go back home and help to teach and construct water tanks in their communities especially at such a time when there are a lot of rains in country. Rev. Byomuhangi urges those trained not to waste their gained skills.
The same call was sounded by Bishop George Katwesigye of Kigezi diocese while commissioning those trained at the diocese’s headquarters in Kabale.
He urged them to use the gained skills to create their own jobs that could help them get income.
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