Archive for the ‘ Ruhanga Village ’ Category
Water for Ruhanga in pictures
Folk in these photos have supported our campaign to bring water to the people of Ruhanga SW Uganda through various means. the lack of access to clean water impacts economic development in the village as folk spend several horus a day in search of clean water. In addition it impacts the health of folk in [...]
An Open letter to the Minister of Works Uganda-Let Witness’ death be the last
Dear Minister It is with regret that we announce the death of Ayebazibwe Witness (pictured with her twin) a 4 year old girl from Ruhanga Development School. Witness was hit bya car on 13th September 2011 and died instantly, she was nearly home but as she crossed the road a vehicle speeding through the village hit her [...]
Micheal Botto’s memories of Ruhanga
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 Tweetvaso link
A Woman’s life- Ruhanga
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 [...]
Clean Water for Ruhanga SW Uganda – the journey so far
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 [...]
Walk for clean water
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 [...]
Village Life
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 [...]
Local Farming in Ntungamo
The Land While there are a few ‘important’ people in these villages who may own quite large stretches of land, and have a herd of cows as well as matoke plantations (green bananas) , the majority struggle from day to day to make ends meet. They are likely to have an acre or so of [...]
Ugandan School Child
Here is Moses, one of the schoolchildren at Ruhanga, who will benefit from a clean water supply in his village. Tweetvaso link
