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→
Thank you to Killgerm and the Iganga Reunion and Jubilee Celebration Group
We would like to say a big thank you to a new supporter: The Iganga Reunion and Jubilee Celebration Group for their donation of £1,628. It was handed to trustee Barbara Lucas at the Rebuilding Lives Exhibition at New Walk Museum in Leicester. This will fund the protection of a spring water source in the...Continue reading→
Our new Trustee Elaine Rudman
Introducing our new Trustee Elaine Rudman. Elaine has spent her working life in local government and currently manages a regulatory services department in NE England. In 2018, Elaine assisted a Water for Kids project in Kenya, funded by colleagues at her Department. Seeing first hand the challenges faced by such communities and the life changing impact of direct...Continue reading→
The Randal Charitable Foundation Donation
A huge thank you to The Randal Charitable Foundation for donating £19,300 to fund the The Nakavumbi Community Holistic Safe Water Project. Nakavumbi is located in rural Iganga District, Uganda. It has a population of 1007 people and a school of 500 pupils. This community is vulnerable to diseases; without access to safe water and sanitation villagers are...Continue reading→
Harmony Fire Fund the Safe Water Project at the Wainha Community
Earlier this year, Harmony committed to provide two safe water systems wiith Water For Kids in Uganda 2021 and work has now been completed at the first spring in the Wainha Community. Feedback from some of the parents shows that due to the reduction in gastro illness, they have seen a reduction in the costs...Continue reading→
Misisi Mini Hospital
Water for Kids working with the Zambian Institute of Environmental Health has installed a solar powered water reticulation system to the Misisi Mini Hospital in the south west district of the city of Lusaka. Misisi is a maternity and child health clinic providing a service for the local community. More than 1100 babies are delivered...Continue reading→
Spring sources update
In October we agreed to protect 3 spring sources with funds from the Peter Stebbings Trust. Springs at Busambira, Bulubandi, and Wamulongo are all now complete and a total of 2265 people no longer collect water from contaminated pools. The photo shows excited children at Busambira collecting water.
Namantooke Update
Work has gone well on our holistic project at Namatooke. The borehole is complete and has been handed over to the village. The school of 937 pupils and 11 teachers now have access to clean water during their day, and the community of 1335 no longer use a contaminated source of water. The new girl’s...Continue reading→
New Trustee Beverley Salmon
Beverley is a former architect and international development specialist who has worked closely over the past 15 years with charities, social enterprises and NGOs on resilient buildings and providing access to safe water and sanitation for schools, housing and hospitals. Beverley has previous experience developing projects in both Zambia and Uganda, along with other countries...Continue reading→
Season’s Greetings
Dear Supporters and Friends, As Christmas approaches and we reflect on the past year, we are filled with gratitude for the generosity, encouragement and partnership you have shown to Water for Kids. Because of you, more communities now have access to clean, safe drinking water, bringing better health, hope and opportunity to countless children and...Continue reading→
Annual Report 2024/25
We are pleased to share our Annual Report for 2024/25 with you. It has been another very successful year for Water for Kids, a year of life-saving impact for communities gaining access to clean water for the very first time. In 2024/25 we helped more than 39,000 people in communities across Zambia and Uganda get...Continue reading→
Leave a Lasting Legacy Transform Lives for Generations
At Water for Kids, we believe clean, safe water is the foundation for health, education, and brighter futures. Thanks to our supporters, communities across Uganda and Zambia are gaining reliable access to water – but the need is still great. One powerful way to ensure this work continues for years to come is through legacy...Continue reading→
Namantooke Holistic Project in Uganda to Go Ahead
We are delighted to announce that the Randal Foundation is supporting our new holistic project in Namantooke, Uganda, enabling 1,335 people to access clean water for the first time. For years, the community of Namantooke has depended on a shallow, contaminated well - a daily struggle that’s led to illness, lost school days and countless...Continue reading→
John Machin, New Trustee
John is a Director of one of our long time Corporate supporters ‘Machin & Toplass’. He qualified as an EHO in 1992 and has experience of working in local government and in private practice. His more recent work has enabled him to travel to some parts of the globe to help make environmental health improvements....Continue reading→
Solar powered water system at Kafumba School
Kafumbe School in a remote area of Northern Zambia now has a solar powered water system bringing water to taps including two mass handwashing stations. The primary school only had one hand pump providing water for 1043 pupils. Having taps for handwashing, drinking, cleaning and gardening makes a huge difference. A shower room was also...Continue reading→
Bubogu Holistic Project almost complete!
We are very excited to let you all know that the work on the Big Give Campaign funded project in Bubogu is nearing completion. A borehole was drilled at the local primary school, providing the school and the community – approximately 1600 people – with access to clean water for the first time. Women and children...Continue reading→
Goodbye to Tom
We are sad to see Tom Jackson step down as a Trustee of Water for Kids after many years of commitment and dedication. He is a hard act to follow. He was instrumental in the success of over 100 spring protections and a few large holistic projects in Uganda, working alongside Barbara Lucas (Trustee) and...Continue reading→