Following last year’s successful borehole rehabilitation project in Chalilo ward in Chitambo in central Zambia we are doing another project in a different ward in Chitambo, Nakatambo. This project will rehabilitate 15 boreholes in 15 communities including several schools, a clinic and a market. The project includes training local people to be pump menders and … Read more
Many thanks indeed to Cairngorm Activities for their generous donation of £450 and for their continued support of Water for Kids. The support from Cairngorm Activities will enable us to service 28 boreholes in Uganda regularly, ensuring that 15,400 people in 28 communities continue to have access to cleanwater.
WfK recently completed work to protect Namantooke spring source at Wamulongo village near Iganga. Water was being collected from a pool where animals and people waded in causing contamination. WfK funded the construction of a dam so that artesian water can be collected safely. The spring water now comes through a pipe in the dam … Read more
I’m Eilidh, one of the newest Trustees of Water for Kids. Growing up in suburban Glasgow, I aspired to become a doctor, which was fuelled by my early experiences of caring for my late father, who suffered from severe mental illness and later working as a community carer. These experiences deepened my understanding of the … Read more
“Over the course of my life’s endeavours, my personal ethos has broadly come to embody the realisation that some of the best gifts we can ever give or receive in life are to serve a purpose bigger than ourselves. At the very best, this can integrate some of life’s highest ideals, such as the promotion … Read more
Sustainability is important to Water for Kids, so Kennedy Mulele, our project manager appointed by the Zambian Institute of Environmental Health, went on a grueling trip in May to monitor our remote projects which were carried out in the last three years. Over 9 days he traveled right across Zambia and back, more than 2000 … Read more
During 2023/24 the Uganda team delivered a large holistic project which helped the community in Wasimba make changes to the health of the village and improve educational facilities. A borehole was provided for use by the school and the community. Handwashing training was carried out including how to build and use tip taps, a low … Read more
The 1,103 pupils at Kalasa school can now wash their hands. Older girls have a washroom, which will ensure they can go to school when they have their period. There are also three water points for the 757 people who live nearby. We are very grateful to officers at Mwansabombwe Town Council, in remote northern … Read more
A keypart of the work of WfK is health education, and helping people make the link between improved hygiene and reducing disease. Following the COVID pandemic costs have risen in Uganda, as elsewhere, and it has become apparent that the cost of soap had risen greatly. This threatens to undermine efforts to encourage handwashing. We … Read more
Hari Shukla raised £2,500 for Water for Kids to celebrate his 90th birthday. Thank you so much Hari! This is enough to help bring safe water to two communities in Uganda. Hari says “Water for Kids is a charity close to my heart, providing clean water to communities in Uganda, which is where I was born and spent many … Read more