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Seeing as we have completed successfully the construction of the first 25 boreholes Sustain for Life is happy to be able to provide safe drinking water to more villagers in rural Burkina Faso. Building a further 25 boreholes will: compensate the inadequacy of drinking water points diminish the loss of time in the search for…
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Burkina Faso is facing droughts. The lack of water is creating a competition around the water points that brings conflict within communities. Women and children are the most affected, they spend a lot of time fetching water. The mortality among children under five is high. Building 25 boreholes in rural communities will: compensate the inadequacy…
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The Problem The EPHPHATHA school is the only specialized school for hearing impaired children These younger prep students, despite their young age, have their lessons outside, with the threat of extreme weather conditions, risks of insect bites and reptile bites. The children also do not have a specific toilet for pupils and staff. They share…
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Sustain for Life has supported a comprehensive health outreach service to 24 Batwa pygmy communities since 2010 in the Kisoro District of Southwest Uganda operated by St Francis Mutolere Hospital to provide healthcare, preventative medicine and education to some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. About the Batwa The Batwa Pygmies currently live in Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and…
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This project aims to improve the quality of life of the population of Fobenga-Tierrou, a densely populated village of 1603 inhabitants in Kpendjal-Ouest district Togo. The Challenge Fobenga-Tierrou suffers from severe water shortages during the dry seasons and, as a result, the health and school attendance of children in the village suffers. Water shortage is…
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In Uganda, 19% of people aged 5 and over have some form of disability, the number in Amuru is high due to the actions of the Lord’s Resistance Army in the past. The social and economic status of people with disabilities in Uganda is particularly precarious, because of the high correlation between the incidence of…
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