KACCAD Staff, Community Leaders and USAID Members, Aug 08, originally uploaded by amanda.milholland.
In other news, Peace Corps recommended KACCAD to USAID as an organization to visit as an example of water and sanitation work being done in Uganda. We were much honored to host water and sanitation development expert Mary Renwick and Uganda USAID staff members in August. We took our guests to two of the spring wells developed by KACCAD in and around Kikaaya Village. Mary was impressed with the wells and community participation that made them possible. After her visit to the wells we picked her brain for ideas on strengthening our well development and repair program. Specifically we asked about how to get funding and how other communities from around the world do similar projects. We are hoping that with Caleb’s help we can put some more of her suggestions for networking with larger NGOs and donors to use.
We also hosted all of the newest Peace Corps training group at our site. Peace Corps asked us to introduce the trainees to our water projects and talk about the process of development and community mobilization. It was an exciting visit for us as well as the entire village. With over 20 Bazungu (foreigners, white people) walking around in Kikaaya Village the children were mad with excitement. The Peace Corps trainees also seemed to be excited over our work.
Last, but certainly not least, we hosted Caleb Fader, KACCAD’s Peace Corps Volunteer in training. Though he was just with us for a few days, we know already that he is a great fit for KACCAD. He is committed to continuing the work we have started since I joined KACCAD, as well as to strengthening other projects. Caleb is a water resource engineer, a graduate from the University of Illinois and a Master’s International student at Michigan Technical University who grew up in Kenya. Both his experience living in Kenya and with water and sanitation will help him adapt to work with KACCAD and will make him a great asset for our community and organization. You will be introduced more to Caleb in the next newsletter.
At the same time that we have had a strong quarter with lots of exciting projects, I am stepping back and wrapping up. I am looking forward to working with Caleb on some new projects during October and November and to introducing him to the work I have been doing over the past two years. I have truly learned a lot from my service with KACCAD. Though I will leave KACCAD in November, I will continue work with KACCAD in whatever ways I can from the States.
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