Bridgingthegap4Water in action
Bringing Medical Care to the Serere District
Jetazo Christian school was started under a large mango tree by Sarah Tukashaba. The government closed it down because of lack of water and sanitation. BridgingtheGap4Water (BTG) put in a borehole and latrines, and the school was able to open again. The student body has grown to 300 students. BTG is seeking donations to facilitate a small medical clinic for the school and the surrounding villages. The cost for the clinic is $25,000. We have been granted a $12,500 gift to be matched. This match goes to the end of this year (2024). $7,427 has been been given so far. Our hope is to begin building at the first of the year.
Jetazo Christian School in its early days under the tree and its current student body of 300.
The radiant girl in this photo is named Rita. She lives in the Serere District of Uganda. Rita suffers from epileptic seizures, but there is nowhere close by to get the medicine she needs, so her condition remains untreated. Rita is only one of the many people who will benefit from having a small medical clinic built on the Jetazo school property, to serve the whole community.
Every.one needs clean water
BTG4WATER has been been working in the Abulu Village in Uganda. The villagers have been working for almost a year to have a Healthy Community so that they will be ready to have a borehole drilled in their village. The below photos show you some of the steps to developing a healthy village. All the work is done by the villagers with guidance of local leaders.
Meet Mark, who lives with his mother and family. His father has passed away. Mark appreciates the introduction to the steps in developing a healthy village. He is progressing in having his bathroom shelter complete. He is doing it himself with the available local materials.
Francis, an overseer of the village, is showing a villager the importance of drainage.
The young boy is using a completed drying rack to wash and dry the dishes. Dishes used to be washed and dried on the ground instead of the rack.
A garbage pit is built for each family unit to help keep the village clean and sanitary.
This woman has been taught that animals need to be enclosed when they are brought in from the fields, so that they don’t roam around outside or in her home.
When anyone of any age walks out of a bathroom shelter they wash their hands at their hand built tippy tap.