Six local walks took place in Leicestershire,The Cotswolds, Hampshire, Somerset, Kent and West Sussex, raising £16,879.51 for the next phase of our ambitious gravity flow scheme.

WATSAN’s Chair Graham Piper said: “This is a fantastic result and well over our original goal of £10,000! I would like to thank all the walkers and walk leaders very much for the great effort you put into organising your respective walks for water, and encouraging your supporters to give generously in order to make this such a successful fundraising event. Well done!”

This will go a long way to helping WATSAN raise the full amount for the second phase of the Kazuru Gravity Flow Scheme. Approximately 2,000 beneficiaries covered by the first phase of the project are now receiving water from the 14 public tapstands that have been installed. Phase 2 will include the installation of toilet facilities in schools and other institutions along the pipeline; and the extension of the pipeline into the Batwa community – a particularly marginalised group in Ugandan society, living on the outskirts of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

If you would like to support Phase 2, you can do so here.