Asha Rose Sillah fled South Sudan to Uganda in 2016 at the height of an emergency that saw thousands cross the border every day.
Water was scarce and dirty then – hardly adequate for her family of five children.
Trucks delivered water from a source 100 kilometers away on poor roads and refugees had to queue for hours to fill as many jerry cans as they could carry.
The minimum water requirement for a person is 20 liters a day.
Three years ago, the supply in Bidi Bidi was at an average 2.3 liters per day.
Today, solar powered borehole set up by UNHCR with investment from partners and the private sector pumps ground water to water points closer to almost 500 households.
The capacity of the pump is 85,000 liters of water per hour, but only 45,000 litres is extracted to avoid depleting the aquifers – to manage the resource and take care of the environment.
The plan is to one day hand over the facility to the Ugandan government to boost water supply in the district.
It is an example of how smart investment can strengthen the response to displacement and ease the burden on host communities through shared resources.