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We are honored to celebrate the impact of #DeerfieldFoundation 2024 grantee The Water Trust's Clean Water for School Children in Rural Uganda project. Through this transformative project, The Water Trust empowers the poorest rural communities in Uganda, providing clean water and healthier homes for children and their families. By reaching nearly 3,000 individuals, the majority under the age of 25, the initiative has helped build a brighter future for the next generation. Key highlights of the project include: ✅ Improved access to safe drinking water in three primary schools across Masindi district ✅ Better hygiene practices among students, fostering healthier behaviors ✅ Enhanced menstrual hygiene management for young girls, ensuring dignity and confidence ✅ Strengthened management of WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) facilities, creating sustainable solutions By increasing access to clean water and improving hygiene practices, children can stay healthy, attend school, and create opportunities for themselves and their communities. To learn more about The Water Trust, visit their website: https://lnkd.in/ewYHPmdD #DeerfieldFoundation2024Grantee

Global #SchoolMeals in Focus: Spotlight on #Rwanda! Rwanda's national school meal program continues to make significant strides since its start in 1995. This year, the initiative has expanded its reach and resources, focusing on locally sourced ingredients to nourish over 3.6 million students across 3,978 schools. 💲 Rwanda’s School Feeding Program Budget increased by 189% from 2020/2021 🤝 National School Feeding Policy & Guidelines were approved in 2019 and 2020. 📈 The program expanded to cover 3.6 million students from pre-primary to secondary by 2021. 🏫 90% of primary schools in Rwanda are covered by school meal programs, ensuring universal access for all children. 🌱 Efforts to reduce firewood use include alternative fuels, efficient stoves, and promoting school gardens and local food sourcing. Visit https://lnkd.in/gTiW9DkP to view more country reports from GCNF’s 2024 Global Survey of School Meal Programs!

Access to nutritious food isn’t just a basic need—it’s essential. For single-mother families, this need is even more urgent as its evident with Situka Single Mothers Foundation (SMF) members. SunCulture Uganda's solar-powered water pumps could help us grow food year-round, but affordability remains a challenge. Kindly think of what happens to our kids who go to bed with empty Berries?? A small act of support can transform lives. Join us in uplifting vulnerable communities by supporting us acquire these pumps to boost our food productivity in Buyende District, Busoga region that has the highest poverty levels. Our Area MP Hon Moses Hassim Magogo & Hon. Nakato Mary, we urgently request at least one solar pump to boost our food production as a group. Please don’t wait until it's too late—support us now, so we won’t need condolences later. A small contribution can save lives. #EndHunger #SupportSingleMothers

𝐑𝐀𝐙𝐀𝐍 𝐊. 𝐀𝐋-𝐌𝐔𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐊 & 𝐉𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐏𝐇 𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐀: #CleanCooking In rural Kenya, families transformed their lives by investing in a modern two-burner bioethanol stove. This change reduced the five hours spent daily collecting firewood, allowing them to pursue education and income-generating activities. Clean cooking technology improved families' health by eliminating harmful smoke, marking a departure from their reliance on open fires. Read more https://ow.ly/KFrs50RSsUU

Today, Child Space Organization through our Executive Director Chrispine Okello joined the African Population and Health Research Center Nutrition and Food Systems team for a National Policymakers’ Dialogue Forum in Nairobi, Kenya, bringing together key stakeholders to explore how school feeding programs can be leveraged to promote access to healthy and sustainable food for schools in urban poor communities. These discussions are focused on: ✅Identifying gaps and opportunities related to the inclusion of smallholder farmers (SHFs) and micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in school feeding program policies. ✅Integration strategies for smallholder farmers (SHFs) and micro and small enterprises (MSEs) into school feeding supply chains ✅Transforming schools into hubs for healthy, sustainable, and locally-sourced meals. #CommittedtoHolisticChildDevelopment

Supporting Local Farmers! 🌾🤝 School meal programs aren't just feeding kids; they're uplifting communities! With programs aiming for local procurement, smallholder farmers are finding new markets and opportunities. #SchoolMeals #FarmToSchool #LocalProcurement

Toilet talk! Along a busy highway in western Kenya, Cleophas Anunda Jomo operates his sanitation business welcoming customers from his community in Bungoma County in need of new or improved latrines, basic toilets, and other sanitation products. “I had never thought of engaging in sanitation until I met Juliet, a project staff with USAID Western Kenya Sanitation who drew my interest into sanitation as a potentially profitable business,” says Cleophas. He adds, “I started off as a sanitation sales agent and a latrine construction artisan and over time I have grown my business making a good income from both. Now I own a hardware store. I consider myself an angel to the society, serving my community by providing affordable sanitation services, hence the name of my business, Angelic Hardware Store.” By supporting entrepreneurs like Cleopas, USAID is not just building individual latrines but creating a sustainable marketplace for improving access to affordable, quality, decent and dignified sanitation products and services for all Kenyans. This work is complemented by activities to increase access to finance, support county governments to develop and implement sanitation policies, and strengthen water and sanitation service providers. #Acceleratingchange #19November #WorldToiletDay #sanitation #opendefecation @USAIDKenya @rti-international 

#WorldWaterDay: Just a few years ago, Nakwamor Akinyori from Sasak Echoke Village in Kenya's Turkana County, had to trek many hours under the scorching sun to look for water for her family. And she often had to make do with contaminated water drawn from scoop holes dug in dry river beds. Her story mirrored life in her community. Now, the parent of four, is among the 60,000 people in Turkana County accessing clean and safe water. This is thanks to solar-powered boreholes and water distribution systems, pipeline extensions, borehole rehabilitation, low-cost defluoridation and water dispensing ATM technologies. All managed by the local communities. With plenty of water available, Nakwamor and many of her peers are growing food, including vegetables, under irrigation. They have also started soap-making and other income-generating activities. “My family no longer sleeps hungry. We also don't eat only one meal a day like before. We have plenty of food. I even sell some of the vegetables to the locals and use the money to buy household necessities and pay school fees for my children," she says. Availability of water in these communities is transforming lives. Women and girls have more time to do productive work, children are staying in schools and water-borne diseases have reduced. As we celebrate Nakwamor's journey this World Water Day, let's remember that access to clean water isn't just about survival, it's about empowerment, resilience, and the promise of a brighter future for all. The water provision is part of an initiative facilitated by Practical Action in Kenya and supported by Grundfos Foundation | PDJF. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e2SMspq8 #ResilienceThatProtects #EWASSAProject

Update from #Kalama camp for IDPs, June23,2024 (#IDPs) from Kalma Camp have found an innovative way to distribute their food relief using a simple yet effective method: a cup. This initiative provides essential nourishment and fosters community spirit and solidarity among camp residents, particularly in the face of food shortages. Since the erupted, conflicts began on 15 April 2023 and lasted more than one year. Sharing with a cup is a culturally significant practice in Kalma Camp for IDPs. It symbolizes hospitality and community and, in this context, Despite insufficient food resources, it becomes a vehicle for delivering much-needed aid equally to all IDPs. This method ensures everyone receives their share, reinforcing a sense of equality and mutual support within the camp. #HumanitarianCrisisInKalma4IDPs.

At Splash, we understand that clean water, sanitation, and hygiene are essential for every child's success. Take Hayat, for example, a 10-year-old student from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Before Splash, her school struggled with unsafe drinking water and inadequate sanitation facilities. Today, thanks to new water stations and improved bathrooms, Hayat's school life has been transformed. Hayat is now a member of the Hygiene Club, sharing the practices she's learned with her family and classmates, helping improve health outcomes across her community. Her story illustrates the impact of clean water on education and well-being. Read it here: https://ow.ly/8VJi50TQ374 #HygieneEducation #CleanWaterForAll #GlobalDevelopment #ImpactStories #SocialImpact