Jean-Louis Button raises £3000
Jean-Louis Button has completed his mammoth ride of the British Isles coastline – just some 10,000kms around some very testing terrain! Jean-Louis has also exceeded his target fundraising total – and it is still coming in raising £3000 for his chosen 3 charities of which we are lucky enough to be one. Just amazing! Thank...Continue reading→
Uganda Projects
Since May this year we have completed spring protections in the communities of Meeru, (funded by Harmony), Mwingunda, Wainha and Suuna (see above before and after photos). As well as this, we also have three springs in progress at Bukyega, Kyondo and Wairama. The Busera Holistic Project is continuing and near completion as restrictions allow and,...Continue reading→
Mwanjabantu, Zambia final phase complete
For the past 3 years Water for Kids have been working in the remote region of Mwanjabantu, Zambia, near the border with Mozambique. During this time, we have drilled 11 boreholes in some of the most water challenged communities and trained hygiene promoters, water committees and pump menders in all of the communities to ensure...Continue reading→
9 water springs protected providing safe water to over 10,000 people!
Due to Covid, the past year has been very difficult and the work has reduced. However, we have continued when possible and the team has managed to protect 9 water springs providing safe water to over 10,000 people! As well as this, we have also renovated Buniantole primary school latrines and constructed a mature girl’s wash room...Continue reading→
New trustee – Parvez Bhatty
We would like to welcome Parvez Bhatty as our newest Trustee. Parvez has valuable skills and experience in the business and charity sectors. He is “committed to giving disadvantaged children the best chance in life“. Parvez was born in Iganga, Uganda where he spent his early years before being forced to flee. He is keen...Continue reading→
A BIG thank you!
This was our first year of applying to the Big Give Christmas Campaign which has proved to be have been a BIG success for us. We really have been so touched by the huge response in donations made to our Iganga Holistic Project, in such a difficult year for all. Continue reading→
Greenford Sikazwe
We are saddened to hear of the loss of our colleague, Greenford Sikazwe who died of Covid-19 on 24 January. He managed the Water for Kids projects from 2010 to 2012 and has supported the charity’s work in Zambia ever since. Greenford was a warm and generous man with a great sense of humour. He...Continue reading→
Uganda Projects Update
Covid 19 has limited travel in Udanda, and the team have been busy on other public health duties in Iganga helping communities to fight the virus. In spite of these limitations, the team have managed to protect 11 spring sources in recent months.Continue reading→
Zambia | Mwanjabantu & Shamutina
In spite of our Project Managers being in the frontline of Coronavirus prevention work, their commitment has meant that two boreholes have recently been drilled to provide water for the first time in two villages. One is in the very remote area near the border with Mozambique, where previous efforts to drill boreholes have failed...Continue reading→
The Randal Charitable Foundation Naitandu Solar Powered Water Distribution Project Completed
Funding from the Randal Charitable Foundation has meant that Water for Kids could deliver a significant project to install a submersible solar pump to improve efficiency of the water supply. A Tower was constructed to carry two 10,000 litre water tanks (equal to 20 tons) with the solar pump raising the water. Pipe work was...Continue reading→
Wasimba and Hands of Hope School
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...Continue reading→
Handwash and girls washroom at Kalasa School
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...Continue reading→
Soap Making
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...Continue reading→
Hari Shukla raises £2500 for Water for Kids
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...Continue reading→
Watch the Makumba Secondary School video
Water is now flowing from 12 taps for the 1102 pupils at Makumba Secondary School In Mwanzabombwe, Zambia. There are also four taps for the local community of 890 people. Many thanks to the team who have completed the project in record time!
Thank you Muzimiro Bidondole
In 2003 as part of the Commonwealth Fellow scheme operated by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, the first EH professional from Iganga in Uganda visited the UK. Muz visited various local authorities in England, but he stayed in the East Midlands and formed a link with Peter Minhinnett who was involved with Water for...Continue reading→
Uganda projects
Trustees aim to visit the team in Uganda regularly to assess work, scope futureprojects, and encourage the team. A visit was made in February 2020, and then travel within Uganda was restricted due to the pandemic. The team carried on with work where allowed during the restrictions, clean water being even more essential, and contact...Continue reading→
Borehole rehabilitation projects in Zambia
Water for Kids have completed a borehole rehabilitation project in Chalilo ward in Chitambo in northern Zambia. Borehole rehabilitations are very good value for money as the hole has already been drilled and they usually just need new parts. 12 boreholes were rehabilitated including a school with 813 pupils, clinics and markets. More than 5,800...Continue reading→
Water for Kids trustees visit to Zambia September 2022
In September 2022 three trustees made their first visit to Zambia in four years to monitor completed projects, meet old and new colleagues and to scope further projects. The visit was a great success. It was the first opportunity to meet in person with the newly appointed project manager, Clavel Mulenga, an environmental health professional...Continue reading→
Uganda Update
After the successful completion of two large holistic community projects in Busera and Nakivumbi the local team revisited the projects to carry out an in- depth evaluation. This has shown vast improvements in the health and wellbeing of both communities and increased school attendance of mature girls due to new washrooms. The team have also...Continue reading→
Welcome to our new trustee Favour Nyikosa
Favour has a background in technology, having a PhD in Machine Learning from Oxford University and Computer Science degrees from Imperial College London & the University of Zambia. He is currently the Chief Technology Officer of a financial technology company. Favour was born and grew up in Zambia. He has seen first-hand the hardships people...Continue reading→
Kenya Update
In July the first part of phase two of a project to provide Rain water Harvesting (RWH) and new latrines with washrooms for mature girls at two schools in Ndhiwa Kenya was completed. The second part is to provide RWH at another school which is currently in progress. This project was made possible with donations...Continue reading→