About the Cause
Poor health and nutrition negatively affect children’s school attendance and ability to learn. We implement school feeding programs that look for alternative ways to ensure sustainable supply of nutritious foods to school children and young people in urban and marginalized areas.
In addition, contaminated water and poor sanitation are big factors that result in the death of children worldwide. In our programs, we always include what is called WASH which means Water, Sanitation & Hygiene. This is done through the design and construction of child-friendly and gender sensitive facilities for sanitation, such as latrines and hand-washing stations. We also provide clean water supply by building water wells and raise awareness about the importance of sanitation and hygiene.
My Story
When she was a young girl, she was responsible to fetch water for her family – but it was from unprotected sources like nearby streams. "We would at times fall sick," says Faith. "And whenever there were prolonged periods of drought, we would be fatigued from walking long distances." Faith was able to install a household water connection as part of a piped water scheme in Kamwenge District, Uganda. Before, she would have to walk for an hour every morning to fetch water from a pond. "The tap excites the children so much that whenever I need water, they compete to fetch it for me," Monica says. "Having this water is a blessing." Faith 85yrs Uganda
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