Health
The Live at Birth was a project at Bwindi Community Hospital in Uganda supported by Sustain for Life and Comic Relief that addressed the issues of maternal and child health in the region. It promoted an innovative insurance scheme that brought about more equitable healthcare for all members of the community served by the hospital. This project grew out of the…
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Agriculture
Since June 2012 Sustain for Life and partners, Children on the Edge in the UK and Adolescent Development Support Network (ADSN) in Uganda, have been supporting the inhabitants of the “Soweto” slum outside of Jinja, Uganda. This programme has dramatically improved the situation within the community of Soweto for vulnerable people by creating a safer community for children where their needs…
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Sustain for Life, along with partner Send a Cow Uganda, worked to deliver an innovative, multi-faceted project to improve the lives and future prospects of children who are detained at Kampiringisa National Rehabilitation Centre. Kampiringisa is Uganda’s only juvenile detention centre for children aged 12-18. The centre was also a temporary home to children younger than 12, including…
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Education
School Classroom Rebuild Improving the working conditions of the pupils and the teachers with the aim to enhance academic performance by building a modern school building for the public primary school. The Challenge: The school has 256 pupils, who are currently crowded in mud classrooms or crumbling sheds. The situation is unsafe for both the…
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Ngora school for the deaf is one of only 3 specialist schools in Uganda, which has a population of 43 million. Children are educated from nursery to primary and then secondary. Ngora School could offer opportunity for more children with special learning needs to be in school, however, it is currently operating with excess capacity….
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Provision of a modern school infrastructure with an environment for the promotion of school education in order to improve literacy and increase the success rate in the area. The Challenge The current school buildings in the village are in a dilapidated state and do not offer an appropriate environment for pupils or teachers. The metal…
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