Missing Link (Uganda) – Latrine Project Update

February 18, 2020Tags: , , ,
This is the 3rd update from this project (see earlier posts): We were awarded a grant of £5,500 (UGX 25,703,684) from Kitchen Table Charities Trust(KTCT) Grantee Committee on 28th February 2019 for construction of a five stance, disabledfriendly, VIP (Ventilation Improve Pit) latrine, with separate facilities for boys and girls urinals,and handwashing facilities at Abubaker Nursery and Primary School in Busanule Village,Buwofu, Namukonge Parish in Bugiri District, Uganda. This grant was transferred to MissingLink Uganda bank account on 7th January 2020. The overriding goal of the project was to improve hygiene and sanitation in the school among pupils and their…

Missing Link (Uganda) – Latrine Project – Update

January 30, 2020Tags: , , , ,
FIRST PROGRESS REPORT SUBMITTED TO KITCHEN TABLE CHARITIES TRUST Following the approval of our grant proposal to Kitchen Table Charities Trust (KTCT) GranteeCommittee on 28th February 2019 and award of £5,500 to build a five stance, disabled friendly,VIP (Ventilation Improve Pit) latrine, with separate facilities for boys and girls, boys urinals, andhandwashing facilities at Abubaker Nursery and Primary School in Busanule Village, Buwofu,Namukonge Parish in Bugiri District, Uganda, the grant of an equivalent of UGX 25,703,684 wastransferred to Missing Link Uganda bank account on 7th January 2020. The school was badly in need of toilet facilities and was on the…

Missing Link (Uganda) – Latrine Project

January 12, 2020Tags: , , , ,
Letter of thanks from Missing Link: It is such a remarkable achievement for the school administration and parents of Abu Baker Nursery and Primary school to receive a five-stance, disabled-friendly, VIP (Ventilation Improved Pit) latrine, with separate facilities for boys and girls, boys urinals, and handwashing facilities donation from KTCT. Apart from not being enough, the existing pit latrine was unhygienic and a security threat to the pupils in the school.  (See photo of school pit latrine before KTCT support) The disabled access toilet, the first of its kind in the Sub-county will increase the enrollment of pupils, including disabled…