| dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT
Girls are the primary collectors of water. They wake up as early as 5:00am to go to different
water sources to collect water. The burden of fetching water has been transferred from mothers to
children especially girls. The main objective of the study is to examine experiences of girl children
in water collection and transportation in Ngwale Parish Pallisa District from June to August 2017
because it is enough time for me to collect data... The specific objectives were to; examine time
girls take fetching water, to assess experiences of girls on the burden of collecting water, to explore
the risks around the process of water collection and transportation.
The analysis is based on an exploratorydesign that used ethnographic methods like participant
observation, in depth interviews, field notes, grounded theory. Data collected showed that girls
carried out water collection using 20 liter jerry cans and spent over 6 hours, faced risks of falling
off bicycles, being beaten by snakes, raped and physical assault like being beaten from boreholes
and other sources by adults and fellow children. They also faced health risks of stiff strained and
painful necks. In conclusion girls bear the burden of collecting water, because the culture demands
it among other factors like time, distance and terrain, there are also economic factors where fathers
are not in position to provide enough containers for water collection, storage, and pay porters to
haul water home as the girls concentrate in school while the mothers are out there looking for
money and taking care of other businesses | en_US |
