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Biogas Toilets for deprived families in Uganda

2016 - 2017 • WECF

Purpose

Building biogas toilets for vulnerable families in Mulagi Sub-County

Activities

Via a crowdfunding campaign on chuffed.org the necessary finances for building of 17 Biogas toilets in Uganda were collected. The beneficiaries are among the most vulnerable families in Mulagi Sub-County. The project targets on the one hand the inhumane sanitary situation which presents for Ugandan people a serious health risk. On the other hand the Biogas Toilets convert faeces into gas and provide thereby the households with a sustainable energy source for cooking. Moreover, the processed faeces can be used as a organic fertilizer in agriculture.

Together with our local partner organization Action for Rural Women's Empowerment (ARUWE) we built 17 Biogas Toilets in Mulagi Sub-County in central Uganda. The beneficiaries are the most vulnerable households such as:
- infected/affected by HIV/AIDS
- with grandmothers caring for at least 4 orphans
- that are headed by women and especially widows

In Uganda especially women and children spend many hours with collecting firewood. That's unpaid work, happens by children oftentimes at the expense of school education and is in environmental terms no desirable procurement of energy. We want to change this with our toilets which are a part of a Biogas plant.

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Biogas systems Energy: biogas International NGO Other funding source or unspecified Renewable energies and climate change Specific to one or several countries Sub-Saharan Africa Toilets or urinals (user interface)

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Women Engage for a Common Future
Munich
The Netherlands • Germany • France • Georgia • Switzerland


Working for a Healthy Environment for All We are a nonprofit network dedicated to a gender just and healthy planet for all. Our international network consists of over 150 women’s and civil society organisations implementing projects in 50 countries. We believe that a sustainable future and environment needs holistic solutions reflecting the lives of people on the ground. We believe in feminist solutions based on our partners’ visions and needs. That is why we work on transformative gender equality and women’s human rights in interconnection with climate justice, sustainable energy & chemicals, less toxic waste, safe water & sanitation for all. Safe Water and Sustainable Sanitation for All: We implement decentralised, safe sustainable and affordable sanitation systems for rural areas and promotes in particular access to safe water and sanitation for schools. We raise awareness and mobilises citizens for sustainable water and wastewater management and promotes community based and affordable water supply systems for rural areas without a centralised drinking water supply. Together with our partners, we represent civil society in the UNECE Protocol on Water and Health process and advocate for an integrated and sustainable approach to water resource and river basin management.

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