CompletedBoreholeGulu city · Northern · Uganda

Borehole Project – Highlands, Gulu City

In August 2022, we successfully drilled and completed a borehole at a school located in the Highlands of Gulu City. The borehole provides safe and reliable water for approximately 200 students, most of whom are boarding, as well as day scholars. Beyond serving the school, the borehole also benefits nearby community members, offering clean water access that supports both education and local livelihoods. This project demonstrates our commitment to sustainable water solutions that strengthen schools and communities alike.

Why schools are different

Boarding schools consume more water per head than villages, need it concentrated at three points in the day, and lose teaching hours when pupils fetch it. Sizing for a school is a different calculation from sizing for the same number of villagers.

Progress

Drilling reached 40 metres and struck a workable formation in fractured basement. Yield testing happens with the pump installation rather than being estimated from the drilling — a figure taken during drilling is not a yield.

Who holds the contract

The school will hold the maintenance contract directly rather than through a village committee. It has a budget line, a bursar and a lockable store, which a committee usually does not.

What changed for households

Walk to water: 50 min4 min
Wait at the source: 65 min14 min

Project timeline

July 19, 2026
Drilled to 71 m
Fractured basement struck at 58 m. Casing installed; pump installation and yield testing scheduled for the following month.