By Amanda Abunimeh | Director of Partnerships
Things have been picking up at Mpoma!
In the past month, the Mpoma team had begun conducting WASH trainings at our new partner school-- St. Jude Secondary School in Katoogo village! This is the first secondary school Mpoma has worked with, and we are quite excited to be widening our reach.
One of the Water User Committees in Waluga village has been making great progress with their WASH trainings! This week they have had their second community-wide WASH training in two months, and the results are already evident. In the past month, five new handwashing stations have been set up throughout the community, latrines have become noticeably cleaner, and village members have been better about cleaning their water vessels.
The Mpoma team has also found a new site for a water source-- the location is the site of Mpoma’s new poultry project, funded by a grant from GoCampaign. The project is located at the owner of Mpoma’s house, where most boarding students spend their vacations from school. This water source will both help the project’s success (the proceeds of which go toward paying Johnson Nkosi’s teacher salaries), as well as serve more rural community members.
Last but not least, the GROW team has officially booked their flights to Uganda. They will be leaving on June 11th to begin their internships at Mpoma!
As we begin Spring quarter, we are beginning the final push in our fundraising efforts in order to make our commitment. It’s a lot of work, but we are confident we will get there!
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