Where water is missing
so are children’s health
and future
In Uganda, more than 80% of the rural population has no access to safe drinking water. It is often the children, and girls above all, who must walk for kilometres to fetch it, giving up school and putting at risk not only their health but also their safety, exposed to violence and abuse along the way. Ensuring clean water means protecting their wellbeing and their right to grow, study and build a future.
41%
children under 5 suffering from chronic malnutrition
19 MLN
people without access to safe drinking water
33%
Average primary school dropout rate in rural areas
41%
children under 5 suffering from chronic malnutrition
19 MLN
people without access to safe drinking water
33%
Average primary school dropout rate in rural areas
In rural Uganda
Protection4Kids’ project took place in Busunju, in the Mityana district, at Amber Junior School, a community school and orphanage that welcomes more than 70 boys and girls aged 3 to 12, orphaned or coming from situations of extreme poverty.
The school stands in an area marked by severe shortages of essential services: limited access to drinking water, intermittent electricity and insufficient educational resources. These conditions put the children’s health and the continuity of their schooling at risk.
Shelter, protection and education
Protection4Kids’ mission was carried out to address the severe lack of essential services that threatens the health, safety and right to education of the children at Amber Junior School. After speaking directly with the teachers and assessing the needs of the school and the community on the ground, a number of urgent needs emerged: food, electricity, school materials and child protection. In response, the team secured two months of food supplies, installed a generator to provide the school with electricity, supplied textbooks to every child and delivered dedicated child protection training to the teachers, covering topics such as abuse, violence, AIDS and disability.
2
schools renovated, electrified and made safe for learning
+700
medical care for vulnerable families and children
3
children’s lives saved from exploitation and violence
1
child protection training delivered to the orphanage teachers
420
textbooks donated to the orphanage
2
months of food bought for the children of the orphanage
We build protection. We restore dignity. We create a future.
From tangible support for communities to the daily protection of children, every action builds a safer and freer future
Change starts with you too
Our commitment grows stronger when each of us chooses to make a difference.
Change starts with you too
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