Education
This project aims to improve access to quality and relevant education for special needs children who are most vulnerable, ultimately with the goal of better quality and sustainable future livelihoods. Sustain for Life’s scholarship fund seeks to broaden access to education and training for the most vulnerable and marginalised children and young people. Kisoro Demo School…
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This project aims to improve the accommodation, sanitation, kitchen and dining facilities for the children with special needs studying at Hornby High School, Kabale, Uganda. Hornby High School is one of only two secondary schools in all of Uganda that offers education to children who are blind. Children with disabilities, such as blindness, in Uganda…
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Deaf people in Uganda are often deprived of their rights, because of the negative attitude of many hearing people. Deaf people are called kasiru meaning a fool or stupid. They are often victims of injustices such as rape, torture, mob justice along with other tragedies. This barrier between the deaf and the hearing has existed for many years. The deaf in Uganda are often thought of as curses, sinners, a waste…
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Irise Girls in Control The project aims to support adolescent girls to engage in school more effectively as they enter puberty via engaging local people in income generating and training opportunities to create sustainable “girl friendly” schools. The work has three strands: Education: practical and responsive education about menstruation and puberty for boys and girls through…
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In 2010 Sustain for Life constructed a rain-harvesting system and 30,000 litre water tank to benefit a small, remote, community of Batwa families at Kabahenda in an area where water was difficult to access. The metal roof which serves to harness the rain water also doubles as a life-changing shaded meeting and community area. The rainwater harvesting project provides access to clean…
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Sustain for Life partnered with India-based Gloria Dayanand Seva Niketan (GDSN), an NGO situated in the slums of Howrah, twin city to Kolkata and situated on the left bank of the river Hooghly, to support a school for street children. The children associated with the school come from various backgrounds, e.g. the children of sex…
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