Impact & Learning
The evidence behind our thinking.
Every important claim on this site is sourced, dated and kept distinct by kind: external, authoritative statistics are never mixed with what SAquaSolve itself has observed or documented. Indicator definitions such as “improved,” “safely managed,” and “within 30 minutes” are distinct and not interchangeable.
Verified starting points
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lakes identified by Bugesera District, including Lake Mirayi in Gashora Sector (not all are drinking-water sources)
2026
Davis Projects for Peace grant supporting the Gashora community and technical phase
GGAST
confirmed workshop partner for completed 2026 WASH workshops in Gashora
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program areas defining SAquaSolve's work beyond Gashora, per its Organization Profile
External evidence
Authoritative, third-party sources.
National and international data that establishes the pattern SAquaSolve is responding to. This is context, not evidence of Lake Mirayi's own condition — which SAquaSolve tests directly.
EICV7 (2023/24): about 90% of Rwandan households nationally use an improved drinking-water source, including 97% urban and 87% rural.
NISR, EICV7 2023/24, Utilities and Amenities Thematic ReportUNICEF Rwanda: 57% of the population accesses safe drinking water within a 30-minute round trip of home.
UNICEF RwandaBugesera is a lake-rich district — home to nine lakes and three rivers.
The New Times — Bugesera district profileIn EICV7, 20.9% of Bugesera households reported not using the drinking-water source they identified as nearest. Among that subgroup, 65.7% cited that it does not function properly.
NISR, EICV7 Utilities & Amenities — Table A.4Rwanda's national water-quality monitoring programme evaluates selected water bodies for indicators including turbidity, fecal coliform and E. coli. This is national monitoring context, not evidence of Lake Mirayi's present condition — which is why SAquaSolve tests the source directly.
Rwanda Water Resources Board — Water Quality Monitoring, Phase I & II Final Report (2019)The University of Rochester's Projects for Peace announcement documents SAquaSolve Rwanda's 2026 funded proposal.
University of Rochester — 2026 Projects for PeaceSAquaSolve Rwanda is featured among the 2026 University of Rochester Projects for Peace recipients.
Projects for Peace (Middlebury) — 2026 University of Rochester recipientsSAquaSolve's approach is designed to complement Rwanda's National Strategy for Transformation (NST2, 2024–2029) and Vision 2050, which calls for partnership across government, water users, NGOs, development partners and the private sector.
Government of Rwanda — NST2; MINECOFIN, Vision 2050It also aligns with Rwanda's goal of safe, reliable, affordable and equitable water services set out in the National Water and Sanitation Policy (2023).
MININFRA — National Water and Sanitation Policy, 2023
What SAquaSolve has documented
Our own record, kept separate from external sources.
Facts SAquaSolve can stand behind because it did the work directly or holds the record itself. This category is deliberately smaller than external evidence — it grows only as real work is completed.
Two-day WASH and community workshops completed
Delivered in Gashora with GGAST, the confirmed workshop partner, with direct community input, funded by the 2026 Davis Projects for Peace grant.
Lake Mirayi water-quality data collection underway
Laboratory characterization of the intended source is in progress. Results are not yet complete.
Initial conceptual system architecture developed
Developed with engineering support: source, solar-powered intake and pumping, conveyance, centralized treatment, protected storage, and distribution to multiple community access points.