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Uganda Schools Programme

Key Programme Facts

Providing clean water to10,000 pupils & staff at 22 schools

Supported by our local NGO partner in Uganda – Masaka and District Land Care Chapter

Supporting SDGs 6 (water), 2 (hunger), 4 (education), 3 (health) & 13 (climate)

Schoolchildren in rural Uganda spend hours fetching water from unsafe sources up to 2 km away. This affects their studies and water borne disease is widespread. A high proportion of girls also drop out of school when they begin menstruating.  

Following a successful pilot project in Kayijja in early 2023, we are continuing our schools programme in the Masaka district of Uganda, building 107 rainwater harvesting tanks using ecoblocks. These tanks will transform the lives of 10,000 school children in 22 schools.

Each school has been selected following baseline research to determine existing water supply and current/future demand. We have hired an experienced local engineer in Uganda to manage delivery of the programme with our local partners ‘Masaka and District Land Care Chapter’ (MADLACC). 

We are very grateful to The Emmaus partnership (linking 33 UK Diocese schools, led by St Edward’s Roman Catholic SEMH school in Hampshire) for raising funds to contribute towards this programme.

‘The longtime problem of water at our school has been solved. We feel relieved from the long distances moved every morning and evening looking for water from the well in the swamp. We now have enough water for drinking, and washing. We are saving time and energy for our class time.’   

Headteacher St Jude’s School, Kayijja, June 2023.

In August 2024 we shared a new video of interviews with teachers and pupils from Nakateete Baptist Primary School talking about the impacts our rainwater harvesting tanks have made.

Programme News

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  • NBS TV highlights impact of our tanks to schools in Uganda – watch now!

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