“Green meals” help 170 kids in Uganda study
SummaryPrimary school children in Wakiso town learn better because they get a daily meal prepared on stoves that save 50% firewood. Similar stoves are promoted by the kids in their homes and communities. |
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
You don’t study well on an empty stomach, however many children in Wakiso do come to school on just a glass of water and lunch boxes are not heard off. Providing kids with meals dramatically improves their academic performance. Firewood is the most commonly used source of energy for cooking but this practice leads to serious deforestation. Yearly Uganda loses 2% of its forests. This project will affect 170 children, their families and the environment.
Activities
We will build a simple kitchen structure with at its heart a firewood saving stove to cook the pupils’ meals. The children will as change agents promote similar wood saving stoves in their families and community.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $5,420
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $23,202
Total Funding Goal: $28,622
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This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Meals enriched with multivitamines dramatically improve the general health and academic performance of children. Engaging children in promoting of wood saving stoves helps reducing deforestation and creates a greater awareness for the environment
Project Message
“I never thought that providing lunches and vitamines could have such a big effect” “Amazing how much wood can be saved with these stoves and what a financial difference that can make for a household”
- Rixt Lanting, Dutch teacher who helped as a volunteer
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Theo Groot
Country Director
Ward C
Wakiso, P.O. Box 28350
Uganda
+256772492284
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Bondeko Foundation
PO Box 22350
Wakiso Town, Ward C,
Kampala
Ug
Uganda
+256 772 492284
http://www.bondekofoundation.com
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Uganda
and can also be found under 
Education.
For more information about Uganda, read the Human Development Report on Uganda or the Wikipedia entry for Uganda.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 29, 2009
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