[Vulnerable Communities on The Globeš] #28 Namuwongo Community, Kampala Capital City, Kampala District, Uganda
Namuwongo community in Kampala capital city in Kampala district is a vulnerable community in Uganda.
The community faces the high risk of flood and drought. Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations (DENIVA) and Uganda National NGO Forum (UNNGOF) work with other implementing partners to roll out programs to improve community environment. In the community, there are heavy floods after a heavy down pour, and many people in the community fall sick due to the poor drainage systems that serves as harboring grounds for mosquitoes, over littering of much garbage, lack or even no sanitation facilities in the surrounding areas.
A family in the community
Mr. Kweterana John is a 35 years old refugee and a peasant living in Namuwongo slum since 1996. He survived death from the Rwandan genocide of 1994, and moved to Namuwongo slum leaving his mother and father in a limbo in Rwanda. In Namuwongo slum, he lived in very harsh conditions; there was no proper living house, no sanitation facility, and no safe drinking water. The worst nightmare was the poor drainage systems; the neighboring upper slum used the lower Namuwongo as their garbage dumping areas. Gradually, survival in the city became a nightmare.
Out of the project by DENIVA and UNNGOF, the community got relieved from this agony with the inception of the sanitation program. Through the project, the comical diseases in Namuwongo slum reduced, and the community members increased the level of their awareness and high hygiene by keeping their drainage lines checked and the general environmental areas, which reduced the number of flooding in Namuwongo slum. With construction of safe water points, the Namuwongo community members got access to clean safe drinking water. These projects have enormously improved the livelihoods of the population living in the community. There was also a gradual increase in school enrolment of children, which had never been the case before the project in Namuwongo slum and neighboring areas. Mr. Kweterana says, āWithout this project, I would still be a neighbor to a pile of garbage, struggling with no access to clean water points and probably not even seen improved sanitation in Namuwongo community.ā
Basic Information about Community
Population
about 30000 people, 7500 households
Common Income Source
street vending
Common Expenditure
house rent, utility, food, medical expenses
Money Needed in Case of Natural Disaster
Money to recover from the damage and to prevent the next damage from the disaster is in total around 50,000 USD. The money will be used for prevention and interventions projects, recovery projects, sensitization programs, boosting income generating activities and other related programs.
NGOs working in this community
To know more about DENIVA, check this article in Hedgefy Blog.
