For more than three decades, Vancouver-based Acts for Water has provided clean drinking water in Uganda. The organization was set to build its 25th water system in September, but that project is now suspended as costs swell and donations are uncertain. "Today I got a call, literally just before this one, where our second largest donor has paused their giving. They didn't give a reason, but we're starting to see the chill here with monthly donors starting to pause as well," Jeff Golby, the organization's chief executive, said during a video call interview. In Uganda, the cost of iron pipes is up 25 per cent, diesel is up 70 per cent, and cement is up 37 per cent, Golby said, among other increases. "What the future holds really is determined by how aggressive the inflation rises and what happens with our recession," he said. "How the fall goes will determine how many people we provide clean water to."