Target reached!
So the borehole is a wrap, thanks to the generosity of our backers - but the school ...
clean water for kids in Kazo
Kazo
Aim
To drill a borehole that will provide unlimited clean drinking water for a school for orphans and the local community in rural Uganda
Our friend, ex British Army engineer Alex Tugume, used his savings from his seven years in active service to single-handedly set up and build a school for orphans and and vocational training centre for young people in his home village, Kazo in western Uganda. He now has more than 200 children aged three to 17 studying, plus almost 100 adults also learning to read and write at the school.
He funds the day to day costs of the school - primarily the salaries of 21 staff – amazingly, through his own earnings as an electrician in the UK. However, the village and the school have a continuing problem in that there is no local access to fresh drinking water.
Alex has to spend a lot of money bringing in fresh water by container for the school; most of the locals can't afford to do that and have to make do with unclean water, which means they frequently become sick through waterborne diseases.
To solve this problem he wants to get a borehole professionally drilled. This would provide a permanent source of safe, clean water for the whole community. We want to help him achieve this goal and further improve the lives of the people of his village.
Alex visits Kazo regularly and will post photos and videos of the children and the difference the project is making to the lives of the kids and the villagers - have a look at the attached for a flavour of what he has achieved.
If we can raise the money to cover this cost, we will use it to pay the invoice of the company that drills the borehole. If we can't raise the full sum, we will consider alternative solutions such as a hand-dug well.
Alex will be visiting Kazo for a month in mid February and we will post more photos of the school and the brilliant work he's doing.
This project successfully funded on 26th February 2017