Uganda WASH Initiative: Building Healthy Communities
Gold Standard · GS12963 · Uganda
About this project
This project will consist of refurbishing out of use water boreholes and developing new water boreholes in Uganda. The water provided by these boreholes meet the national standard for drinking water and therefore eliminates the need for boiling the drinking water for the households included in this project will ensure that households consume less firewood during the process of water purification and as a result there shall be a reduction of carbon dioxide from the combustion process.
The record
- Project ID
- GS12963
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Community Boreholes · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- GS Methodology for emission reductions from safe drinking water supply
- Developer
- EK ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT LIMITED · 2 projects
- Country
- Uganda
- First vintage
- —
- Crediting period
- 2023-08-01 to 2028-08-01
- Estimated yearly credits
- 60,000
- Scale
- Micro Scale ·
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Listed (In the pipeline)
- First credits (vintage)
- none yet
- Crediting period
- 2023-08-01 to 2028-08-01
- Credits issued
- 0 (retired 0)
Location
The registry gives Uganda as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
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