Destiny Eagles Secondary School
Serving 2000 students in Uganda’s Kikondo community as a private boarding school for secondary students, Destiny Eagles Secondary School currently relies on water from an unsafe traditional well and continually finds its needs unmet. Each student is expected to fetch water twice a day. Students must navigate a steep slope, dense vegetation, wild animals, and the possibility of sexual harassment or assault. The school spends an average of $243 USD every month on water expenses alone, funds that should go to curriculum materials or even toys for the students. In order to protect the health of students and teachers, Destiny Eagles Secondary School is in need of a solution that will provide safe water for drinking, handwashing, and more.
Destiny Junior Community Primary School
A private primary and nursery day school in Uganda, Destiny Junior Community Primary School, has 30 teachers serving 520 students. The school’s main source of water is an unsafe and insufficient spring box roughly 20 minutes away. Students have to face steep terrain with dense vegetation in order to get to the spring box, often coming across wild animals or animal feces in the water. The school spends over $100 USD every month on supplementary water expenses. Providing a brand new rainwater collection system, handwashing stations, and water filters would change life at this school and for everyone in the community around it.
Kisowera Senior Secondary School
Kisowera Senior Secondary School hosts 1738 students, with roughly 600 of them boarding on-site. They are supported by 99 staff members throughout 25 classrooms. Their main water source is a shallow well with a pump, which is the primary source for this school in addition to another school, a local place of worship, and multiple households. Students must face dense vegetation, wild animals, and even the possibility of mugging or assault when fetching water from the shallow well. To supplement the water fetched from this source, the school purchases water from vendors at very expensive rates. The school spends roughly $360 USD per month on water-related expenses alone. The installation of a rainwater collection system would help relieve the burden of water insecurity and bring more choice to the students and staff of Kisowera Secondary School.
Kitega Nursery School
Serving 400 students in Uganda’s Butinindi community as a private day school for nursery students, Kitega Nursery School currently relies on water from a spring box and continually finds its needs unmet. The source does not provide enough water for the school, as it is shared with two other schools and hundreds of households. Each trip to fetch water takes roughly 90 minutes, and even once the water is obtained, it has an unacceptable taste and color. The school spends an average of $107 USD every month on water expenses alone, funds that should go to curriculum materials or even toys for the students. In order to protect the health of students and teachers, Kitega Nursery School is in need of a solution that will provide safe water for drinking, handwashing, and more.
Precious Gift Primary School
A private primary boarding and day school in Uganda, Precious Gift Primary School Zirobwe has 27 teachers serving 326 students. The school’s main water source is a shallow well with a pump, which often breaks down. When the pump is broken, it takes 107 minutes (almost 2 hours) to make a single round trip for water collection from the nearest source. The school also spends over $80 USD every month on water expenses. Providing a brand new rainwater collection system, handwashing stations, and water filters would change life at this school and for everyone in the community around it.
Rena Light Nursery and Primary School
Rena Light Nursery and Primary School hosts 410 primary and nursery school students, taught by 14 teachers throughout 7 classrooms. Their main water source is an unreliable piped water source that is rarely available during school hours. The school spends an average of $25 per month on water-related expenses in order to purchase necessary water from vendors. The school does not currently treat its water, meaning it likely contains contaminants that will result in illness. In order to redeem valuable class time and eliminate a health concern for students, we are hoping to install a new rainwater collection system and provide water filters and handwashing stations.
Standard College School Nsangi
Serving 1234 students in Uganda’s Katereke community as a private day and boarding school for secondary students, Standard College School Nsangi currently relies on water from a protected spring but continually finds its needs unmet. The source does not provide enough water and is far off-campus. When there is water available, it has unacceptable taste, color, and smell. To supplement this, the school spends an average of $70 USD every month on water expenses alone, funds that should go to curriculum materials or even toys for the students. In order to protect the health of students and teachers, Standard College School Nsangi is in need of a solution that will provide safe water for drinking, handwashing, and more.