Clean a river in Migingo & stop plastic pollution Improve 500 farmers' productivity in Mbata, Uganda Rehabilitate Terrat's water system for 3000 people Keep ORS-FM Maasai community radio on-air for all

Smart Villages Foundation

Org #72640
Vetted since 2020 Top Ranked Effective Nonprofit
2011
year founded
$33,071
raised on GlobalGiving
3
years fundraising
3
projects funded
* Amounts in US Dollars

Mission

Can remote villages have the same opportunities as urban centres? Can rural residents have access to careers, clean water, healthcare, education, productive agriculture and communication-without leaving their villages? Smart Villages believes that people in remote villages deserve the same opportunities as everyone else. Remote villages are often "off the grid" and do not have a reliable supply of energy for lighting homes, cooking, charging mobile phones, or powering businesses. The energy sources they do have, such as kerosene lamps, are often harmful to their health. The national grid may never reach many of these remote villages, but other solutions exist. We believe that ener... read more

Project Leaders
Bernie Jones
Bernie Jones
Laurie Kent
Laurie Kent
Frances James
Frances James
Organization Information
15 Lady Place
Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4FB
United Kingdom
+44 7761 375991
Organization Information
15 Lady Place
Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4FB
United Kingdom
+44 7761 375991

Project Reports

Each of GlobalGiving’s nonprofit partners is required to send quarterly donor reports detailing the impact of their work. Here are some of their recent updates:

Sep 11, 2023
Farming time in Kiruru
Dear Friends, We can report that not very much additional building has been happening in Kiruru since the last update we sent you. But that is a good thing! For the first time in 3 years, the big...
Sep 1, 2023
Slow progress on fundraising
Dear Friends, The rainy season has finished and the long dry season has begun again in Northern Tanzania, so good water supply for the community is once again all-important. We have been able to make...
Sep 1, 2023
Terrat update
Hello Friends, This quarter the rainy season came to an end, and the long dry season started. And whilst the rains were still not entirely back to normal, they were much less disrupted than in the...
 
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