One of the greatest long term health concerns in the Seje community is the lack of treated drinking water. Community members suffer unnecessarily from waterborne illnesses such as dysentery, parasitic infections, typhoid, and cholera. Efforts had been made to drill boreholes in the community, but they were mostly unsuccessful, and it became clear that a larger vision was needed.
In 2008, Christ Glory Centre Ministries partnered with Community Bible Church and Water Mission International to begin a project that would pump water from the Yala River through a purification system, up to a holding tank, and into three strategic water point locations at Seje Glory Centre Primary, Glory Centre Seje Church, and His Blessings School.
A supplemental booster pump and another water point in Mugungu were added in 2013.
In 2015, two new water points were added in the Bar Olengo community. A total of 7 km of trenches were hand-dug by members of the community, bringing the water to six points. Solar power keeps the pumps running and the tanks full.
In 2019, the system was revamped, and the changes increased the distribution capacity from 10,000 to 30,000 cubic metres a day. When the system is running at full capacity, it now serves as many as 2,000 families (an estimated 12,000 people) in the region.
The system has faced a number of challenges, but it continues to provide clean water and better health throughout the community.


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