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Project ID: UGA/14/035
Date of request: 14 Mar 2014
Country: Uganda
Project location: northern uganda
Project status: Completed
Whereas water is an important resource and its life, during current resettlement in Obalanga after the war it’s a crisis and an emergency in this era, people deserted this community and water springs become bushy and where being used by wild animals, the two unprotected springs continued supplying unsafe water to surrounding homes for consumption coupled with worse hygienic condition and lack of reasonable alternative access to safe clean [...]
Project ID: BDI/14/030
Date of request: 05 Mar 2014
Country: Burundi
Project location: Rutovu Commune in Bururi Province
Project status: Project in progress
The proposed pig farming project aims at providing quality technical and financial support to rural pig farmers's association located in Rutovu Commune of Bururi Province in southern Burundi. Farmers will be trained in improved pig farming techniques and will be provided with young pig to start with. In addition, farmers will be linked to other donors for other needs such as medications and animal feed. Target beneficiaires are members of local farmers' association made of vulnerable people. The expected results [...]
Project ID: URT/14/012
Date of request: 28 Jan 2014
Country: Tanzania
Project location: GARE- LUSHOTO
Project status: Project in progress
    ACOSEO is a local, non-governmental organization, un-politically and non profitable-oriented, that engages in transformation process anchored in wealth by job creation, health, environmental, utilities and educational issues in the community. ACOSEO intends to facilitate basic needs to the community that leads to empowerment of communities in health, water, electricity, education, poverty eradication and prevention of diseases for their sustainable development.
Project ID: KEN/14/009
Date of request: 23 Jan 2014
Country: Kenya
Project location: Mathare Slums, Nairobi
Project status: Project in progress
Objective

To provide an eco-friendly sanitation system to address the poor sanitation and hygiene conditions facing marginalized residents of the Mathare slums

The Oasis Centre seeks to implement the “Mathare Bio-Sanitation Project” whose main aim is to sustainably address the poor sanitation and hygiene conditions facing the marginalized residents of Mathare slums in Nairobi, Kenya. The project will be achieved by developing Eco-friendly facility that will constitute toilets, bathing areas, water collection and storage tanks, bio-digester for biogas production, and installation of solar systems for lighting and heating water. The project will also involve the training of peer educators as trainers in [...]
Project ID: UGA/13/149
Date of request: 26 Nov 2013
Country: Uganda
Project location: Uganda
Project status: Project in progress
Objective

To provide for orphaned children in 10 schools in Tororo District of Uganda

Support mid Days for orphaned Children is a project  aimed at providing  3500 orphaned children in 10 schools in Tororo District of Uganda to be able to have porridge or meals during lunch break to avoid studying on empty stomach that results into many orphaned  children dropping of out school and engaging in petty crimes such as stealing food and bad peer groups.The project will target only 3500 orphans who are currenly staying with older persons aged 70 years plus [...]