Proposed focus area
Lake Victoria
Africa's largest lake, shared by three countries. Our proposed interest is the Ugandan basin and its wetlands.
Program
Lakes & wetlands
Proposed program
Lakes and wetlands hold water, wildlife and livelihoods in place, and they respond slowly to what flows into them.
Purpose
A lake is the end of many streams, which means it collects the story of its whole basin. Wetlands at its edges provide habitat and help buffer what arrives. Our lake program aims to support the people who look after these places.
The program is a proposal, and its first focus is Lake Victoria, a lake shared by three countries.
Environmental challenges
Nutrients and algal blooms
Sewage, farm runoff and other sources can add nutrients that fuel algal growth and reduce oxygen in the water.
Sanitation in lakeshore towns
Fast-growing towns around a lake can outpace wastewater services.
Shared water, shared responsibility
Pollution crosses borders, so lake protection needs coordination between countries and communities.
Loss of wetland habitat
Draining or building on wetlands removes habitat and the natural buffering they provide.
Proposed activities
All activities are proposals. None has started.
- Shoreline monitoring with local groups.
- Habitat protection that follows the priorities of wetland managers.
- Community stewardship projects led by lakeshore residents.
- Support for understanding nutrient and wastewater pressures.
- Water-quality assessment carried out by qualified specialists.
Clean-water access
Cleanup and habitat restoration do not make water safe to drink. If we take part in safe-water work, it would be as a separate program, supporting qualified local teams with appropriately scoped monitoring, equipment, maintenance and access projects.
Related locations
Organizations to explore
Listings are informational and do not imply a partnership with Flow for Tomorrow.
Organization to exploreWorks in a related habitat
NatureUganda
Uganda's membership, research and conservation organization, also known as the East Africa Natural History Society. It supports wetland management planning at several sites, including Mabamba and Lutembe bays on Lake Victoria. Its work concerns specific wetlands, not a lake-wide cleanup.
In pictures
Illustrative photography of this kind of place.
A basket on an empty beach with ships offshore Illustrative stock media. Not a Flow for Tomorrow project. 
A bottle on the sand beside the surf Illustrative stock media. Not a Flow for Tomorrow project. 
A child at the water's edge beyond scattered plastic Illustrative stock media. Not a Flow for Tomorrow project.
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