A hot meal every school day for 240 children
Posho, beans and a cup of porridge for every child at a village primary school for a full school year.
$11,250 raised of $18,000 goal 63%
Clean water · Kyotera District, Uganda
Clean water for Kyotera village
A protected spring and two rainwater tanks, so 300 families stop walking two hours a day for water that makes their children sick.
The story
In Kyotera, the nearest clean water is a two-hour walk from the village. Most families send their daughters, who miss the first lessons of the day, and during the dry season the open spring they rely on runs low and muddy. Clinic records in the area list diarrhoeal illness among the main reasons children under five are brought in.
This appeal funds a protected spring with a concrete catchment and a short pipe to a tap stand at the center of the village, plus two 10,000-litre rainwater tanks at the primary school. A water committee elected by the village keeps the tap stand clean, collects a small maintenance fee and holds the spare parts.
Our team surveyed the spring in September with a local technician, agreed the plan with the village council and will be on site for the works. Photos and receipts are posted on this page as the work moves forward.
Use of funds
The goal of $12,000 is planned as follows. Receipts and photos are posted in the updates below as the money is spent.
- Protected spring, catchment and pipe work$5,400
- Two 10,000-litre rainwater tanks at the school$4,200
- Hygiene training and a first set of spare parts$1,400
- Transport, local labor and supervision$1,000
Organizer
Institute field team, Kyotera
International Institute for Social Impact · Albuquerque, New Mexico. Our team organizes every appeal with the community or family it supports.
Updates
- Kyotera elects its water committee
Seven villagers, four of them women, were elected to run the new tap stand and the rainwater tanks. They agreed the maintenance fee and where the spare parts will be kept. The spring works start as soon as the appeal reaches its goal.
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