MEET OUR IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS
Meet the women bringing H2ope to their communities!
Action for Women and Awakening in Rural Environment (AWARE)
Kaabong, UgandaTEAM: Josephine Auma and Grace Loumo
MISSION: Maternal health, HIV/AIDS, emergency relief
Our favorite AWARE story:
Blog: With Women Empowered, Change is POO-ssible! In recognition of World Toilet Day 2014
Bukoba Women's Empowerment Association (BUWEA)
Bukoba, Tanzania
TEAM: Grace Mushongi and Rachel Nyamukama
MISSION: Women's livelihood, animal husbandry, farming, soy mills
Global Women's Water Initiative, Moyo (GWWIM)
Moyo, Uganda
TEAM: Martha Adong and Angella Tassas
MISSION: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Our favorite GWWIM stories:
Blog: Guest Blog from a Visiting Photographer Who Traveled to Moyo, Uganda to Witness GWWIM in Action!
Blog: Angella and Martha Win the Best Booth Award (It was all about water) at the local Women's Day Festival
Blog: GWWI Trainees Launch the First GWWI Local Chapter in Moyo, Uganda With Huge Support from the Community and Local Government
Katosi Women's Development Trust (KWDT)
Katosi, Uganda
TEAM: Rose Namukasa, Betty Kajule and Mastula Namaganda
MISSION: animal husbandry, micro-loans, WASH
Our favorite KWDT story:
Blog: KWDT Wins the Kyoto Water Prize, One of the Top Water Prizes in the World!
Kilili Self-Help Programme (KSHP)
Kitale, Kenya
TEAM: Jane Joseph and Elizabeth Nasai
MISSION: biodynamic farming, food security
Our favorite KSHP stories:
Blog: Buying Books Instead of Medicine! KSHP Eliminates Typhoid in Local Kenya Schools
Blog: KSHP Wins Top Prize from Ministry Of Water and Irrigation
Blog: KSHP Enhances Their Food Security Program With Water Security
Blog: Unique Community Driven Program to Bring Clean Water
Kisumu Medical and Education Trust (KMET)
Kisumu, Kenya
TEAM: Rosemary Atieno, Joy Nambare and Maureen Opondo
MISSION: maternal health, HIV/AIDS, participatory integrated community development
Life Bloom Services International, Inc (LBSI)
Naivasha, Kenya
TEAM: Wanjiru Ngigi, Phionah Mbugua and Catherine Wanjohi
MISSION: counseling, livelihood development, vocational training for vulnerable women and girls
Our favorite LBSI stories:
Blog: From Sex Worker to Water Champion: Phionah Quits Walking the Streets for A Career as a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Technician and Trainer!
Blog: LBSI Director Is Elected as Board Chair of Her Local Water Board Integrating Women and Influencing Local Water Policy. Read her letter!
Blog: LBSI Trains Women Prisoners To Provide Their Own Clean Water. Read more here.
Blog: Commercial Sex Workers Become Masons and Find An Alternative Income-Generating Skill
Orphans and Widows Association for Development (OWAD)
Amuria, Uganda
TEAM: Florence Atidi, Helen Rose Achen and Eunice Aliamo
MISSION: housing for orphans and widows, solar energy
Uganda Women's Water Initiative (UWWI)
Gomba, Uganda
TEAM: Beatrice Namukasa, Betty and Irina
MISSION: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Women's Center for Job Creation (WCFJC)
Jinja, Uganda
TEAM: Charity Ndhura and Isabella Ainomugish
MISSION: women's livelihood, craft making, salon training, animal husbandry, farming, seed saving
Our favorite WCFJC stories:
Blog: WCFJC Builds Rainwater Harvesting Systems to Help Women-run Goat and Poultry Micro-businesses
Women in Water and Natural Resources Conservation (WWANC)
Kakamega, Kenya
TEAM: Stella Wanjala and Catherine Ondele
MISSION: WASH, climate change, entrepreneurship
Our favorite WWNRC stories:
Blog: GWWI Partners with KIVA So WWNRC Offer Their Own Project Financing
Article: Rose Wamalwa, WWNRC Founder and GWWI Coordinator Is Named One of the Eight African Water Women To Watch Alongside President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia and President Joyc Banda of Malawi!
Blog: First Baby Born at Village Clinic Because WWNRC Builds Rainwater Harvesting Tanks to Supply Water
Blog: Rose Wamalwa Tells the Story How Having Water Changed a Local Clinic To Be Able to Offer More Health Services