MATERNITY WARD
Kumi hospital, Uganda, needs more space and equipment to care for its mothers and newborns, so Teams4U are fundraising for a new maternity ward. So far the structure is built, but we need funds for the plastering and equipment. Watch the video below to find out more.
Teams4U runs Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects in Uganda and Sierra Leone.
Preventable diseases like diarrhoea make up over 70% of illnesses in Uganda. And in the Kumi district of Uganda, around 6 in 10 schoolchildren will have an instance of diarrhoea that month, which is a lot of upset children and lost days of education. This does not have to be the case.
WASH IN SCHOOLS
Schools receive water tanks, handwashing facilities, more hygienic toilets, and handwashing education. Schoolchildren learn the importance of handwashing after going to the toilet, touching animals, and before eating. They learn how to construct a simple ‘Tippy Tap’ at home using sticks and a jerry can so they can wash their hands at home. After WASH programmes in school, we see a 25% drop in school absence due to diarrhoea.
Teams4U Uganda runs Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programmes in schools and health centres.
To date, we have been able to provide 77 out of 91 government-funded primary schools in Kumi, Uganda, with handwashing platforms. Each of these schools commits to a 6-12 month educational and monitoring program that mentors staff in looking after the new equipment and teaching pupils about the importance of good hygiene practice. Schools with this equipment have recorded 98% of their pupils routinely washing their hands after visiting the latrine, safeguarding the health and wellbeing of over 40,000 children.
Health Centre Sanitation
In health centres, we drill for water so that health centres can have running water inside. This helps keep health centres clean, allows doctors and nurses to work much more efficiently and keeps the all-important infection transmission down. Now, many health centres have healthier patients and staff thanks to running water.
T4U Sierra Leone
Six in ten people in Sierra Leone don’t have access to clean water. For many families, that means women and girls walking miles every day to collect water from unsafe sources – time lost from school or work. Dirty water makes people sick, and sickness makes everything harder.
Teams4U partners with villages to fix this. We provide the materials and an engineer; the community builds the well. This means villages take real ownership of their water supply, so it’s looked after and lasts. Clean water changes daily life – children stay healthier, girls stay in school, and families can look after themselves better.
Investing in Sanitation
Wells and latrines improve the health of communities, which in turn hugely impacts educational attainment, productivity at work and nutrition levels. Having a nearby water source saves time and reduces musculoskeletal disorders from carrying water long distances.
