Like most folk that grew up in rural Uganda/Africa we didn’t have running water, you can read about by personal story here . My friends and I have therefore dedicated the last 2 years to bringing clean water Ruhanga a village in SW Uganda and work finally got under way in January of this year. [...]
We were fortunate to attend the 1st Uganda Convention in the UK that brought together Ugandans from all over the world. The best part about this day was that our charity was amongst those selected by the Chairman of the organising committee to receive a donation on the day That donation has gone towards the [...]
Michael is one of the volunteers that stayed with us at the Ruhanga community development project. This video is a collection of his memories there
This is a typical day for a woman in Ruhanga SW Uganda. This woman had just finished working on the land when we came across her. Notice that she has one child in hand another on her back, a 20 litter jerry can of water as well as a basket of vegetables. Notice too that [...]
Event Registration Online for Walk for Water powered by Eventbrite Ruhanga is a beautiful village in SW Uganda East Africa but faces a daily challenge- ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER We need to construct a water gravity system, which will enable them to construct a pipeline from the hills to the village where there is clean, [...]
This is the journey of the search for clean water in Ruhanga a pretty village in SW Uganda, For a wider selection of photos from our Walk for Clean Water check out Ethnic Supplies facebook page This is the source of water and as you can see it is not ideal for human consumption Sadly [...]
The Story of Let Them Help Themselves out of Poverty starts with 67 year old Grandmother of 4 Ann McCarthy- she recalls here her first trip to SW Uganda and where she is right now How did I get started Many people ask me how I got started on setting up a charity project and [...]
We have been fund raising for clean water for sometime now and we are nearly there. As you can see from this photograph digging for clean water is currently under way. The community has joined in and are doing most of the work themselves But they still need our help to pay for the work [...]
A very Happy New year to you all our supporters The year 2009 was a very busy one for us at our project in SW Uganda we saw an increase in overseas volunteers and this enabled us to forge ahead with the provision of a nursery school in the village. For reasons that we do [...]
Village Houses Most of the people living around Uganda Lodge are subsistence farmers. They have a very basic home, usually consisting of two or three rooms and built with locally made mud bricks and a roof of either thatched banana leaves and grass or rusting iron sheets. If the inside rooms have been plastered at [...]
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