The purposive or judgmental sampling method was applied to determine the perception of the respondents towards the changes in community livelihoods in the Simiyu catchment area. [...] 4 3.0 Rationale and Objective of the Annual LVEMP II Civil Society Watch Livelihood Case study No.1 The overall objective of the Case study is to document the livelihood interventions and establish changes in community livelihoods within the selected areas in Rivers Katonga, Nyando and Simiyu(Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania) based on the baseline studies carried out in 2012. [...] FGD and interviews with some of the residents indicated that the uptake of rainwater harvesting is faced by the challenge of storage due to the perceived high cost of rain water storage tanks in the region. [...] Photo: UCSD The Major water supply challenge in Mubendeis lack of clean and safe water followed by the long distance to the water sources and the fact that the water springs are not protected. [...] The distance to the water collection point as defined by the time is less than 30 minutes for 46% of the respondents; although there are cases of more than 20 minutes in Rakai, and the rest of the respondents take between 30 min to 1 hr.
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- Kampala, Uganda
