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U.S. Mission Uganda grant improves school hygiene

Schoolchildren from Butenga sub-county in Bukomansimbi district stand next to one of the 10,000-litres capacity Crest Water Tanks purchased with a U.S. Mission Uganda grant

U.S. Mission Uganda grant improves school hygiene

Bukomansimbi – Uganda: The U.S. Mission Uganda funded a hygiene and sanitation program that benefitted hundreds of Ugandan schoolchildren in Bukomansimbi district. The program was executed in partnership with Butenga Orphanage Care and Development (BOCADO), which used the $17,046 grant to purchase nine 10,000-litres capacity Crest Water Tanks for nine schools in the district. The grant also funded training for rain water harvesting, and water hygiene and sanitation skills. 

For more details about this program, please access http://www.ammado.com/nonprofit/bocado/articles/55654. To learn more about the Small Grants Program at the U.S. Mission Uganda, visit http://kampala.usembassy.gov/grants_programs.html.