Project
See Them Grow Vocational Training Center
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In Luuka District, sugar cane is the largest economic resource. Many children and women have become vulnerable to exploitation, child labor, abuse, rape, and even death because of the competitive and gruesome conditions in the fields. These children have grown up thinking that working in a sugar cane field is their only way of life. The See Them Grow Foundation, our implementing partner, is working to sensitize, educate, and empower them to know that their lives can look different. The school will support up to 1,500 teenage mothers, youths and PWDs (Persons with Disabilities) in Luuka District, Eastern Uganda. This is one of the poorest districts in all of Uganda. The community has historically and continues to struggle with famine, poverty, lack of clean water, lack of educational resources, and lack of medical care. There is a disproportionately high number of orphaned children and children in need. We know that this center will be a place where children can receive the care and support, they desperately need. We also believe in the power of education to change and empower communities. Each child is a seed, and as they grow, they will provide shade and shelter for their community.
According to the Water and Environment Sector Report 2020, only 78 percent have access to toilets and over 22 percent in the rural areas still practice open defecation as per reports from the districts. The lack of toilets and hygiene education is a big problem in Luuka district. This project is expected to expand intervention in support of education by providing better learning conditions for students in the targeted region by installing ventilated biodigester flushing toilets. Making sanitation accessible is not only critical to saving lives, but also the precious time and money the victims spend in trying to recover from such illnesses. This degrading situation also gives rise to several diseases such as poliomyelitis, trichomonas, etc. With this toilet construction project, we aim to go further in the approach to access to education, in good conditions of schooling, especially since the local demand is strong and favorable to the implementation of this project.
See Them Grow Foundation is constructing a vocational training center targeting over 700 teenage mothers and youths with the inclusion of PWDs and will need a well-installed biodigester toilet facility. This toilet will have flushing water with two stances for women and two stances for men. They will also have one stance for PWDs at both female and male sections to enable students and teachers to have a place of hygiene with an exemplary school toilet block in terms of comfort. The design approach adopted here seeks to provide a conducive, congenial toilet block that would enhance the learning process of the students. The specific objectives are to:
- Provide a suitable infrastructure for the natural needs of students and teachers
- Limit microbial infections among students
- Sensitize the populations and the pupils to hygiene and sanitation
- Enrich the general landscape of the school environment
- Decrease the high rate of school dropouts
- The proposed construction should be an outstanding architectural edifice
H2O for Life is not a WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) project implementer. We have partnerships with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) implementing WASH in Schools projects around the world. Our NGO partners match funds needed for each school project. We also have a generous donor that provides us with an interest-free loan that, along with matching funds, allows for many projects to be started or possibly even completed before total funds have been raised. In rare situations we reserve the right to reallocate funds to alternate project(s).
Questions? Ask us at 651-756-7577 or info@h2oforlifeschools.org.
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March 28, 2023
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In Luuka District, sugar cane is the largest economic resource. Many children and women have become vulnerable to exploitation, child labor, abuse, rape, and even death because of the competitive...
