BUHANGA - how to help an African Village

BuhangaHow to help an African village

Step #1:Where do you want to do charitable work?

Step # 2 Find people to trust

Step # 3 What is your mission? What projects do you want to accomplish?

Step # 4Who will help you fund your projects?

Step # 5 Can you build a ‘Donor Base’?

Step # 6 Find a village to help

Buhanga Statistics

Buhanga152 households - 1,200 people - BaKonzo tribe90% of children go to school barefootMalaria, flu, pneumonia, hepatitis, cough, wounds, headaches, diarrhea, scabies, cholera, typhoid fever, worm infectionsHigh infant mortality rate, and women dying giving birthGirls marry at 15Most people have only a 5th Grade educationDomestic Violence, Alcoholism, Drug abuseSoil Erosion - few trees left, most cut down for firewoodPoverty - most people earn less than $1 dayMalnutrition / Infertile land / OverpopulationUnclean energy - kerosene

Water Tank

A drainage system on the roof of a building delivers rainwater into a storage tank.

Water tank purchased in Kampala for $500Funds provided by Reddit/Atheism

Water Pipeline Proposal

Extending tapped water to Buhanga.The villagers have to walk 3.5 kms to reach fresh water.The only local water is from an unprotected well full of pathogens. Many children have diarrhea.The project requires purchase of pipes & other materials.

Food Needs

Many Subsaharan children receive only one meal a day - Dinner.

In the morning they go to school without breakfast, then they receive no lunch.

By the afternoon they are too hungry to learn at school.

Chicken Project

We raised enough funds to purchase 490 egg-laying chickens - plus feeders, drinkers, grain, coops and

vaccinations.

This provided enough food to support the lunch food program and the clinic.

Future Path Classroom

Meredith Newman Debens of Australia provided funds to build a new brick classroom,

plus she designed and paid for the classroom furniture

Girls Needs

Many girls in Subsaharan Africa drop out of school

when they hit puberty, because they cannot afford menstrual pads.

Orphans

In western Uganda, 13% of children are orphans.They are the poorest of the poor.

They are often unable to go to school, because they cannot pay the school tuition,

the fees for books and the school uniforms.

MicroLoans

In SubSaharan Africa, interest rates on a loan are astronomically high -- 50% to 100% percent.

A low interest loan can help lift people out of poverty.We provide no interest loans of $500,

to be paid back after 6 months or a year.

Want a Village to Help?

We suggest... KabingoStatistics:

Only 550 peopleMalaria, AIDS, Hepatitis, Diarrhea

High Mortality RateNeeds condoms for safe sex and family planning

Domestic Violence, Drug Abuse

Questions?

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