The Story Behind the Photo
What’s written on this blackboard alone won’t change her life, but her education can help pull her out of poverty and give her the opportunity for a future she deserves.
More Than Just Water
The VSLA is a village run system of neighbors lending and borrowing money to each other to start small businesses. The system is linked to a local well and the money is collected in the form of monthly water user fees.
Lobule Village is now Open Defecation Free
As uncomfortable as it is to think about an entire village with no toilets, imagine how uncomfortable it would be to live like. The people of Lobule Village didn’t have the privacy or comfort of using a toilet and the entire community was living just steps away from their own waste
A Vision For Giving Tuesday
Four years ago, he and his parents didn’t have much hope for his future. Now he dreams of being a musician, so that he can share with people the happiness he experiences when he hears music.
Sometimes, It Just Can’t Wait – World Toilet Day
Of course, the most effective way to combat diarrhea and other sanitation related diseases is prevention and the best way to achieve that is through education.
Rhoda Anayo
Rhoda Anayo is a passionate entrepreneur, wife, and mom to six children, all of whom attend school. Her eldest son is a senior in high school and wants to continue his education at a university, but will first need to pass his exams at the end of this year. Rhoda’s husband grows sugar cane, which […]
Rhoda Anayo VSLA Group Member
Rhoda has big plans for the future of her business. She wants to start cultivating rice in the nearby swamps, which would make her even more money and provide her community with a steady food staple.
Global Hand Washing Day 17th October 2015.
This year’s theme was “Raise a Hand for Hygiene.” To commemorate the cause, Drop in the Bucket spent the day at the Kudo Primary School in Torit, South Sudan.
Our New Drilling Compressor
Kyere Township Primary school educates more than 1000 children. The well will also benefit 2 surrounding villages that combined have a population of more than 1,000. Before this well was drilled, the nearest source of clean water was more than 2 kms away
DROP, One World Futbol and Etop Radio
A school that does not have active extracurricular activities like football, netball—or which lacks a nearby water source—will have low pupil enrollment, attendance and retention, especially for girls. Games and clean water keep children at school.