Projects
Projects
Since 1996 Water for Kids has provided safe water to children and their communities in several countries across the developing world. Please click on the flags below to find out how our work is improving the health and quality of life of thousands of people.
You can also see a summary of
our achievements over the years.
Sierra Leone
WfK Trustees is contributing £4,000 towards the cost of providing boreholes for three establishments in the town of Makeni, Sierra Leone. They are St Joseph’s School, Holy Spirit Hospital and The University of Makeni and they have no water for up to six months of the year. The project is being run by the Makeni Support Group, which is based in the UK and has two representatives in Makeni. Find out how the project has progressed
Rwanda
Water for Kids have approved a grant to supply water to Karongi Primary School in the Western Province of Rwanda.
Parents of the school children have been involved in planning and funding the project, which will be overseen by local environmental health personnel. Future maintenance will be undertaken by the primary school and the board of pupils’ parents. The importance of health education on water, sanitation and hygiene at the school is integral to the project.
The application has been brought to the attention of the charity by Helen Perry an Environmental Health Officer who taught in Rwanda in 2007 and has since returned to witness improvements in the country. The great news is that the Ministry of Health has recognised environmental health as a profession for the first time.
Water for Kids is delighted to be able to fund its first project the first in Rwanda.
Kenya - Rainwater Harvesting in Ndihwa
Peter Minhinnett and Barrie Whitehead, visited the Ndihwa project, where WfK has assisted in funding the provision of rainwater catchment,
toilet and handwashing facilities to the Kenya Acorn Project (KAP) nursery.
Zambia and Uganda
Our major projects during the last five years have been in Zambia and Uganda, where we have built good working relationships with Environmental Health Officers. The projects in Zambia are larger, as there is a need to drill boreholes to obtain safe water. Efforts are also made to ensure there is adequate sanitation. About 25,000 Zambian people have safe water near their homes as a result of Water for Kids' first three projects in Kamaila, Chipapa and Fumbelo and Madimba.
In Uganda Water for Kids carries out up to twelve projects per year including protection of spring water supplies, providing safe water to hospitals and clinics and repairing water facilities. Many thousands of people have benefited from new or restored safe water supplies.
Field trips
Water for Kids runs field trips in Uganda and Zambia. To find out more about providing water in the developing world go to Uganda Field Trip 2009 or Zambia Field Trip 2009.
