The Revd Tim Evans writes:

FURTHER to the Bishop of Sheffield’s obituary for the Rt Revd Andrew Watson (Gazette, 13 March 2026): Andrew was a supporter for many years of the Ugandan charity, WATSAN, based in the North Kigezi and Kinkizi dioceses, which works with communities there to provide safe drinking water and sanitation.

He established a very warm relationship with the first director of WATSAN, the Revd Eric Kamuteera, who writes from Uganda: “Andrew was a generous person. I do not know how WATSAN would have survived after WaterAid had stopped direct funding from the year 2000, were it not for the constant love and unending thoughtful support of my associates at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, including Andrew and Beverley Watson.

“Later on, Bishop Andrew Watson became the WATSAN patron. In 2013, on his visit to North Kigezi and Kinkizi dioceses, he wanted to build up an awareness of the problem of poor water and sanitation. So he went to several poor rural areas that remained largely unserved to see gravity schemes under construction, and water springs. He also experienced improved sanitation and good hygiene facilities in many places.

“He preached touching sermons. More importantly for the Kamuteeras, he has been a conscientious pastor/bishop at a distance, and prayed for us by name. He never wanted me to call him ‘my Lord Bishop’ or even ‘Bishop Andrew’: just Andrew. He was a humble man and a servant of God. He found time to participate, physically and virtually, in fund-raising activities for the support of WATSAN programmes in south-western Uganda, despite his busy schedule. He loved and cared for people’s well-being and welfare not only in his diocese, but in other countries. I will miss him in many ways. He is in the hands of his Creator he loved and served.”