A landmark partnership brings handpump maintenance and water quality monitoring to the heart of northern Uganda. When a handpump breaks in a rural community, the silence that follows is louder than anything anyone outside that community ever hears. The children who used to race each other to the pump in the morning now wake up...

From broken pumps and paper logbooks to real-time data and rapid response, WaterKit Institute is building the digital backbone of rural water management in Uganda. The Problem With Not Knowing In rural Uganda, a handpump rarely breaks all at once. It gives warning signs first. A handle that feels looser than it used to. A...