A Sand Dam we helped to build......

October 2025

We contributed to a Sand Dam at Watiwa ni Watiwa earlier this year and the Dam was completed September 2025. The eventual donors were:-

• RC of Woking
• RC of Clamart Le-Plessis-Robinson (French partners of RC of Woking)
• RC of Woking District
• RC of Chertsey
• RC of Titsey and District
• RC of Brighton and Soiree and 
• RC of Caterham

The local and International partners were:-

• Africa Sand Dam Foundation (ASDF - local/regional experts)
• Sand Dams Worldwide (coordinate between us (DISC & the donors), ASDF anonymous donor of 50% and the local working group (villagers) + Medicor (50% anonymous donor)
• Medicor Australia

All the donors are inscribed on the concrete plaque on the Sand Dam for posterity (forever or duration of the dam - estimated 100 years)

The total raised for the dam to be built was £31, 517.

Some statistics:-

• Sand Dams enabled by Sand Dams Worldwide = 1,424
• People with access to clean water = 1,230,562
• Sand dams built with the support of Rotary = 79
• Sand dams built with the support of this District = 9 

Benefits:-

• Clean, drinking water throughout the year (to the UNESCO standard )
• Reduction of mosquitos, malaria and other diseases
• Instead of walking 4-5 hours to collect the water, it is within reach and releases time for children to attend school, agriculture, etc.
• as part of funding, we also provide seedling for tree planting and seeds for vegetables - this improves health and generates income
• As opposed to extraction, this reduces pressure on water resources and raises water table - new green area for the local population

Photo courtesy of Sand Dams Worldwide.