With Christmas coming up we're all starting to think of Christmas parties and buying gifts for loved ones in the season of sharing and caring.
This Christmas I will be out in Uganda where I am working with the village of Lubajja on the shores of Lake Wamala in Mityana District where I am trying to help them develop their village through the use of safer water supplies and improved sanitation. The people of this village have lives which revolve around the lake: they catch fish here to sell and to eat; they use the lake as their water supply to drink, to cook and to wash; and they are also at times known to use the lake as a toilet. Even though the village does have pit latrines these are not adequate for the setting and disease readily enters the lake causing diarrhoea, typhoid and at times cholera. These people do not have the knowledge of the capital to get out of this vicious cycle of that seems them polluting the water only to end up drinking the diseased water.
This is where you and I come in; I have the knowledge to enable them to harvest rainwater, to fix their borehole and to install eco-sanitation toilets and I have the man power on the ground to ensure the right training and sensitisation is given to this community. You have the power to enable this to happen by a small donation to the village through this website. A single toilet costs only 100 pounds, while a water tank costs 300 pounds and so I am hoping that people will be able to donate, say, 10 pounds of their money at this time of year to help this village.
The money raising will then be loaned to the village such that they can set up a business charging people around 10 pence a day for 60 litres of water a day. This would mean the village will have safer drinking water and better sanitation while at the same time giving the village a real way of raising funds (around 5,000 pounds per year) to develop and lift themselves out of poverty. Once the loan is repaid we will move onto another village on the shores of Lake Wamala, of which there are twenty in total. So, a small donation, of just 10 pounds, at this festive time of year could end up helping 20 communities and thousands of people.
I hope you can donate and seasons greetings and best wishes to you all.
Ian.
Raised:
7%
Raised so far: £390.00
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A very worthy cause. Good luck - hope all goes well. Donation by Hilary and Roger Bennett on 26/01/10 |
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Sorry it took me so long...well written text ;-) Love Sam xx Donation by Samantha Matthews on 17/01/10 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Clare Hewitt on 27/12/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Donation by Dave Whyte on 25/12/09 |
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid |
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Happy Christmas Ian - keep up the good work. With love from Tara, Jamie and Abigail Donation by Tara Whitehorn on 21/12/09 |
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid |
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Go Ian! Donation by Bojana on 16/12/09 |
£10.00 |
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Donation by Selina Heathcote on 15/12/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Good luck Ian. Have a great Christmas. Donation by Martin Firbank on 12/12/09 |
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Keep up the good work Ian! Donation by Stefan on 12/12/09 |
£10.00 |
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Ian - good luck with all your fundraising. Hope you have a lovely Christmas x Donation by Sarah & Frank Pike on 12/12/09 |
£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid |
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total respect to ya....keep up the good work mate Donation by scott arries on 12/12/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Thanks Ian for giving us an opportunity to help people! Donation by Celine Bret on 10/12/09 |
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Donation by Gavin Sewell on 09/12/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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:P Donation by Bobby on 09/12/09 |
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid |
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keep up the good work Ian Donation by brendon woodhead on 09/12/09 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
| * Total raised online: | £390.00 |
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| Offline donations: | £0.00 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £390.00 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £104.36 |
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