{"id":7172,"date":"2020-12-23T16:51:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T16:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/?p=7172"},"modified":"2026-02-12T16:44:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:44:59","slug":"drop-of-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/es\/drop-of-pride\/","title":{"rendered":"El orgullo de una comunidad por el agua potable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u00bfQu\u00e9 sucede cuando las tuber\u00edas o las bombas se aver\u00edan y una comunidad ya no puede acceder al agua?<br>\u00bfQu\u00e9 pasa si no hay fondos, suministros o conocimientos para hacer reparaciones?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La aldea de Rugarama se encuentra entre colinas y valles en la regi\u00f3n suroccidental de Uganda, dentro del distrito de Kamwenge. En esta comunidad, aproximadamente 80 hogares utilizaban un pozo como fuente de agua. Sin embargo, las tuber\u00edas se rompieron y la aldea se qued\u00f3 sin agua potable. Esto significaba ir a buscar agua de los estanques o caminar m\u00e1s de un kil\u00f3metro hasta la siguiente aldea. Implicaba riesgos para la salud debido a fuentes contaminadas y la carga de caminar todos los d\u00edas para conseguir agua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pero esta comunidad no estaba dispuesta a rendirse. &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En septiembre, los habitantes de Rugarama, en colaboraci\u00f3n con Water For People, rehabilitaron el pozo deteriorado. Y las tuber\u00edas no fueron la \u00fanica adici\u00f3n. Un comit\u00e9 de agua reci\u00e9n formado supervisa ahora las operaciones de esta fuente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_3403-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7177\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/drop-of-pride\/img_3403\/\" class=\"wp-image-7177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_3403-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_3403-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_3403-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_3403-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_3403-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_3403-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_3403-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WSC-rugarama-BH-pic-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7178\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WSC-rugarama-BH-pic-5-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/drop-of-pride\/wsc-rugarama-bh-pic-5\/\" class=\"wp-image-7178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WSC-rugarama-BH-pic-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WSC-rugarama-BH-pic-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WSC-rugarama-BH-pic-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WSC-rugarama-BH-pic-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WSC-rugarama-BH-pic-5-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WSC-rugarama-BH-pic-5-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WSC-rugarama-BH-pic-5-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Como parte de su enfoque en la sostenibilidad, Water For People se conecta con las comunidades para fomentar la participaci\u00f3n activa, el orgullo y la titularidad de los sistemas h\u00eddricos. Tambi\u00e9n se imparten capacitaciones sobre monitoreo, reparaci\u00f3n y gesti\u00f3n \u2013 lo que contribuye a la sostenibilidad de esta labor a largo plazo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este comit\u00e9 en Rugarama est\u00e1 formado por 10 miembros de la aldea: hombres y mujeres que tienen roles espec\u00edficos relacionados con el mantenimiento continuo de la fuente de agua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph Bwanika desempe\u00f1a el rol de encargado. \"Me aseguro de que la fuente funcione bien y superviso los sistemas. Cuando hay alg\u00fan problema, me aseguro de informarlo al presidente\", comparte Joseph. \"Por lo tanto, me aseguro de que la gente tenga agua en todo momento\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-caretaker-pic-4-square-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7181\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-caretaker-pic-4-square-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/drop-of-pride\/uganda-bwanika-joseph-caretaker-pic-4-square\/\" class=\"wp-image-7181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-caretaker-pic-4-square-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-caretaker-pic-4-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-caretaker-pic-4-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-caretaker-pic-4-square-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-caretaker-pic-4-square-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-caretaker-pic-4-square-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-caretaker-pic-4-square-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-caretaker-pic-4-square-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-caretaker-pic-4-square-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-Caretaker-square-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7180\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-Caretaker-square-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/drop-of-pride\/uganda-bwanika-joseph-caretaker-square\/\" class=\"wp-image-7180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-Caretaker-square-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-Caretaker-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-Caretaker-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-Caretaker-square-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-Caretaker-square-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-Caretaker-square-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-Caretaker-square-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-Caretaker-square-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Uganda-Bwanika-Joseph-Caretaker-square-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El comit\u00e9 se re\u00fane peri\u00f3dicamente, mantiene la limpieza del punto de agua, exige que los miembros de la comunidad tengan recipientes limpios cuando van a buscar agua y recauda el dinero que contribuir\u00e1 a las operaciones y reparaciones de la infraestructura en el futuro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En esta fuente de agua se llenan unos 60 bidones a diario. Y gracias al comit\u00e9, la zona es un lugar limpio y ordenado para ir a buscar agua, con una valla nueva y c\u00e9sped plantado en el exterior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Joseph y los dem\u00e1s miembros del comit\u00e9 de agua est\u00e1n muy orgullosos de su trabajo. Gracias a su dedicaci\u00f3n, toda la aldea de Rugarama cuenta con una fuente cercana y confiable de agua potable.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La aldea de Rugarama se encuentra entre colinas y valles en la regi\u00f3n suroccidental de Uganda, dentro del distrito de Kamwenge. En esta comunidad, aproximadamente 80 hogares utilizaban un pozo como fuente de agua. Sin embargo, las tuber\u00edas se rompieron y la aldea se qued\u00f3 sin agua potable.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,27,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uganda","category-sustainability","category-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7172"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18725,"href":"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7172\/revisions\/18725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waterforpeople.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7172"}],"curies":[{"name":"gracias","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}