Nkozi Project, Uganda

See the progress you helped make happen in your sponsored community

When the project started, many families couldn't grow enough to feed their families all year round. One in four children weren’t enrolled in school and many families couldn't access healthcare or clean water.

Thanks to your support, your sponsored child and other children in the Nkozi community have improved access to clean water, healthcare and education.

Together we've achieved so much

All 18 primary schools in the area now have strong school management committees

These committees are actively supporting children’s literacy and school improvement plans.

  • Six school toilet blocks were built and schools received desks and textbooks to improve the learning environment.
  • 25 youths gained vocational skills in hairdressing, car and motorcycle repairs, bricklaying and concreting, and are now either self-employed or enrolled in further studies.
  • Eight child protection committees have been set up and they are actively demanding reforms that prevent and respond to child abuse, exploitation and neglect.

Four health centres were built or refurbished

This has enabled more mothers to attend antenatal check-ups and give birth with medical help.

  • Four water tanks and two boreholes were installed to give more community members access to clean drinking water.
  • 3,455 children aged under five were immunised against polio through a mass immunisation campaign facilitated by the project in 2015 that reached 98 percent of children in the Nkozi sub-county.
  • 95 percent of mothers and caregivers were trained in nutrition and breastfeeding and they also learned how to identify illnesses such as malaria and malnutrition in children and arrange for treatment.

3,500 households learned modern farming methods

They also received new tools such as hoes and water pumps to improve crop production.

  • 2,400 children were given fruit trees to grow at home and households received maize and bean seeds, cassava cuttings, coffee seedlings, cows and goats to improve their farming activities.
  • 40 farming groups were trained in marketing and connected to brokers, and are now able to collectively negotiate higher prices for their crops.
  • 32 savings groups were formed to enable families to save money and access low interest loans to invest in their farms or businesses. Over half of all families in the project area now participate in savings groups.

"The biggest change I see is that the community is empowered ... People here can demand for services; they have a voice. "

- Nkozi community member