Sanitation facilities for 5 Public schools Uganda

The management of SCOEN wish to thank all generous donors that have continued supporting the less fortunate amidst this challenging time for us all of Covid 19 or corana virus.

Uganda as a nation has been on lock down for over 16 weeks now, schools closed upto now.The schools are yet to open up, the ministry of Education and Sports announce this years fate will be pronounces this month of August, 2020.

If schools are to open. the identified schools have no enough separate latrines for boys, girls and teachers, the three categories tend to share the same latrines which make it difficult for a girl child epecially.

SCOEN aims is to constructdrainable girl friendly VIP latrines of 5 stances each with wash room and to

provide reliable hand washing facility for girls of menstruating age in the five public schools identified in Bukedea and Soroti district. Also, to reduce the high pupil to latrines ratio and provide a separate girls' pit-latrine with washing facilities and clean water in the 5 schools, this will ensure school attendance of girls during menstruation and increase the number of girls with qualifications.

In the life time of a woman, she will have a total of around 3,000 days of menstruation. For her basic schooling period which range from primary 3 to 7 the number of such days is 450.

There is a growing awareness of special needs of girls in the school. At school, girls are faced with poor facilities – inadequate hand washing facilities, no privacy and non-functioning or insufficient toilets. This reduces their school attendance. Adolescent girls are often absent from school due, in part, to inadequate sanitation facilities. It is important to realize that one out of two 13-year-old girls will probably be menstruating. One in eight girls begins to menstruate (menarche) when she is 11 years or younger.

Support SCOEN's fight for girls' education

With more than 130 million girls out of school today, she needs your help breaking down the barriers that hold girls back.

Your gift today is an investment in SCOEN programmes that help girls around the Uganda  to go to school — from creating safe spaces for girls in Soroti, to training them in sanitary making, providing them with rest rooms during menstrual period. 

We bring  you our warm new year greets! Thank your continued genorosity in seeing this project is a success.

Share Child Opportunity Eastern and Northern Uganda - SCOEN is working to see that school environment is friendly and conducive to learners especially a girl child who is always volunarable to my condition. Schools is  a place where children spend most of their time than home. 

In the rural schools of soroti most school have shared latrines teachers,  boys and girls share the same latrines this can force girls children out of school.

SCOEN still has got 3 latrines strated to work on but we are stuck we cant continue because of funds the schools are doing badly teachers, girls and boys are share one latrine and this has indreased the number school drop out for especially girl children who donot find privancy while using the facilities.

SCOEN appeals for any support kind or even financial to help SCOEN provide safer girls with friendly sanitation facilities to ensure increased school attendance bygirls during menstruation and increase the number of girls with qualifications.

Currently there are no works on going on because we are short of funds however the parent and caregivers have contribute locally avilable materials like bricks, aggregates and sand. The works shall soon resume once we secure more funds and this is possible with the help of generous people like you!

Would you mind foregoing one dinner, a cup of coffee to give this school a classroom block?

Your support makes these types of pivots possible in our work, and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Joyce Arono