To empower women, give them better access to water UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called empowerment of the world’s women “a global imperative.” To attain that goal, we must reduce the weight of water on women’s shoulders Water, a human right, is critical for human survival and development. A sufficient supply of safe water is necessary for drinking and personal hygiene to prevent diarrheal diseases, trachoma, intestinal worm infections, stunted growth among children. I am the caretaker at Another Hope Children’s Ministries and in my field of work I always see adolescent girls, pregnant women, mothers with small children carrying water and have learned of the hardships they face when carrying out this obligatory task. First off, collecting water takes time. To simply get water for drinking, bathing, cooking and other domestic needs, women and girls spend hours every day travelling to water sources, waiting in long queues and carrying heavy loads – usually several times a day while on top of this, the water is very heavy. Therefore, carrying such loads over long distances can result in strained backs, shoulders, necks and other injuries on the women. In my area where I stay fetching water is very dangerous for women and girls because many girls are faced with fights for water at the water points as well as a risk of physical and sexual assault as they often times move at dark. Another Hope Children’s Ministries has taken strides towards increasing access to safe and clean water for children and people living at the children’s home. To fully complete the project there is still need for; Installation of a sub-mersible pump such that water can be pumped into the house because currently the water is drawn manually from the underground water well where it is harvested.
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A 5-year-old boy, washes his hands after visiting the toilet. Asked what he wants to do when he grows up, Godfrey doesn’t hesitate: “I want to be a teacher and teach other children.”
Clean water, basic toilets and the practice of good hygiene are essential for human survival, and the foundation upon which development begins. Improving access to these basic needs has a positive impact on the growth and development of children and communities around the world.
Diseases related to water and sanitation are one of the major causes of death in children under five. Without access to clean water and basic toilets, and without good hygiene practices, a child’s survival, growth and development are at risk.
Over 800 children under age five die every day from preventable diarrhea-related diseases caused by lack of access to water, sanitation and hygiene.
At Another Hope Children’s we want to change this, thus the increase of access to water project. The project has progressed to the installation of gutters on the children’s main house and these gutters will help to collect water that is now channeled to the 60,000-litter underground tank. We are so grateful to the donors because without their support, we don’t know if water would be enough at the children’s home. We still need USD 806 to see to finish this project. We encourage you send word about this project to see that we increase access to clean and safe water to the children that are accommodated at AHCM Home
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PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED: Increasing Access to Clean and Safe water at AHCM’s Home
Reporting time: February 2018
PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED: Increasing Access to Clean and Safe water at AHCM’s
The work with this project still not going as planned due to limited funding and we are trying our best to see that we hit the goal. The only work that took place was about guttering some parts to allow the water flow from the roofs
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PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED: Increasing Access to Clean and Safe water at AHCM’s Home
Reporting time: November 2017
PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED: Increasing Access to Clean and Safe water at AHCM’s Home
UN sustainable development goal 6 asserts that accessibility to clean water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live in. At Another Hope Children’s Ministries, we would like to thank GlobalGiving and individual donors for the support towards the Underground Water tank construction. So far construction of the underground tank has been completed and we are left with guttering of the houses to tap the water and to have a drainage system that takes the water to the underground water tank. After all is done, a pump will be installed to pump the water to the tank that distributes to the houses. been done to slabbing level.
The different children had stories to tell of how they feel when the water is available all year throughout at the premises. However, the story of one child caught our attention, one of our children with physical disability when asked how she felt about access to clean and safe water, she narrated that, it will be a joy to know that you can have food in time and not to worry that there is no enough water to cook food. Your support has brought joy to the children at Another Hope Children’s home. Thanks so much and may the good Lord bless you abundantly
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PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED: Increasing Access to Clean and Safe water at AHCM’s Home
Reporting time: September 2017
Being a very remote area, the children at the Another Hope Children’s Home don’t have much access to clean and safe water. The well that was recently dug could only help get water during the rainy season and during the dry season it would dry out. Children and young adults could walk some distance to fetch water from a well that the entire three villages use. Sometimes we would have to drive more miles to get water when the community well could not offer much.
With an extra underground tank constructed, there would be hope of having clean and safe at water available all the time at the AHCM home. Your support is helping to have this hope restored and we are grateful for all you have given. The construction has started and progressing on very well. Now children will be assured of their time to be children, have clean and safe water in addition to improving their academics because they will not be spending time fetching water. God bless you for helping to see that this sis achieved at AHCM.
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Prepared by: Nambowa Ruth Bulyaba, Executive Director
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