Background
Mugwanya Summit College is located in Nsangi Sub-County, Mpigi District, in the suburbs of Kampala. It is almost centrally located between four very big and expensive Secondary Schools. This school is therefore located to serve the rural peasant students who are usually unable to meet the costs and other requirements the expensive schools may require. Many of the students are orphans due to the current AIDS problem in the country, and therefore have very limited resources.
Mugwanya Summit College was started in 1994 with an enrollment of 60 students. The fee structure was $40 for day scholars and $100 for boarders (per term, 3 terms per year). The fee structure has been maintained due to the nature of students the school admits. Currently it has an enrollment of 1044 with 518 day-students and 526 boarders. There are 594 girls and 450 boys. 120 of these are orphans. The age group is between 13-19 years. The school has 5 classrooms blocks with 12 rooms, main hall, one laboratory, a small library and kitchen. There are 45 teachers and 20 non-teaching staff.
The school mission is to serve the poor community students that cannot afford to go to the more expensive schools in surrounding areas. Some cannot even afford to pay at all but the schools handles needy students.
Safe Water Project
There is a serious water problem in the area. The area is being served by one spring well and some piped water that is in Kyengera trading center. This is a serious problem to the school because the 1044 students have to share with the community of about 10,000 people. During the period of El Nino rains, the community suffered seriously from diarrhea and cholera. This is an indicator of a water related problem. The need to establish a clean water source at school is essential to protect the students and the staff against water related diseases. This would also provide students and staff with the most important food substance, water.
The school buildings are roofed with pre-painted iron sheets. Rains are very regular and all the water from these roofs currently creates a drainage and erosion problem in the school compound.
The school intends to tap all this water into one huge surface tank. This will not only serve as a source of clean water to students, but also reduce the heavy erosion. A pump will be used to send the water to the serving tanks near the dormitories and kitchen. The grant will provide $10,000 for the tank, $2,000 of piping, and $800 for the pump. | 
