Committee members: Father Paul, Ali and Paul Ambridge (chairpersons), Julian Gabriel, Steven Barnes, James Tanner, Joe O’Dwyer, Kirsten Horner, Mike Harman and Sheila Pike.
Running Well provides communities in Uganda with clean water, primarily by building water boreholes. Working closely with Father Stephen and, together with Julian’s own trusted engineers, communities are identified as being in need of access to clean water. Each borehole lasts for at least 20-30 years providing clean water for one person for £3-£4 for life. Julian fundraises through donors and sponsorship of extreme sporting challenges such as the Marathon des Sables, 6 marathons in 7 days across the Sahara Desert. He has spoken to the parish on several occasions about the work of his charity and the importance of access to clean water in disease prevention
5th January 2023 Julian writes to thank the donors to Running Well for your contributions over the last year.
Happy New Year! I hope you had a happy and peaceful Christmas. I am attaching an update report for you on the water borehole projects that we managed to complete last year with the help of the donations we received from WUF. It also gives you some information about the charity’s plans for the coming year and the next water borehole projects that we are going to be undertaking.
We are so grateful for the support that WUF and the parish have given to Running Well again last year. Your donations have meant that we could get clean water to another 4,700 people including 1,300 school children.
We are organising a trip to Uganda this year (likely to be from the 4th-11th May including travel days) to visit the charity’s projects and communities whom we have helped, as well as see Fr. Stephen. If there is anyone in the parish who would like to join us please do let me know.
If there is any more information you need or you have any questions about the work we did last year or our plans for this year, please do not hesitate to ask.
Wishing you a healthy and prosperous 2023.
Best wishes, Julian
Running Well Projects Update Report 4th January 2023
Running Well Projects Report May 2022 at Budini and Bulanga Primary Schools, Uganda, May 2022
With financial assistance from Worth Abbey Parish, Running Well has successfully built 2 water boreholes at Nabitende and Namungwale in Itanda Parish in Uganda.The water borehole at Nabitende has been built next to the local primary school which has 1,000 students. Building a water borehole next to a school means that children can fill up their jerry cans without missing classes. The water borehole at Namungwale has been built close to the trading centre and serves all the surrounding households. Handover of the completed wells to the communities tool place in February 2021 and are now helping approximately 3,700 people have access to clean water. Find out more and view slides here.
Running Well update from Julian December 2021
Thank you on behalf of everyone at Running Well for the support you have given the charity again this year. I also wanted to let you know that we have successfully completed our site surveys for our next two water boreholes at Budini and Bulanga, and we have found a sufficiently good water yield at both sites to serve the communities there. Both water boreholes will hopefully be completed by the end of January and they will benefit approximately 4,700 people, including 1,750 children who attend the local Catholic schools and where the boreholes are being built. I will of course let you know when they have been completed and send you some pictures and videos of the communities and boreholes when I receive them from our project team.
Project report from Julian September 2021: Whilst recorded cases of Covid-19 and deaths from the virus remain relatively low across Africa, it is likely the actual numbers are significantly higher and a very small proportion of the population have been vaccinated. The situation is therefore unlikely to improve in the short term and it could be some time before we are able to travel safely to Uganda again, which also makes our work more challenging. Read more in the Running Well Projects Report September 2021
Every penny raised by Worth Abbey Parish is used directly to build the boreholes. All the costs of running the charity are covered by Julian. Please consider becoming a monthly donor by contacting Father Paul or Maria in the Parish Office on 01342 710313 or email parish@worth.org.uk