Constructing Bathrooms for Girls in Rural Uganda

Summary

This project will provide 10 toilets and 10 bathing rooms that will serve over 150 young women, 37% of the total student population, at Nyabyeya Forestry College in rural Uganda.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Young women at Nyabyeya Forestry College are sharing toilets & bathing facilities with the male students. Facilities for female students were never constructed at the College, as it was once an all-male institution. This lack of facilities means that the College has to restrict the number of female students it admits each year, despite the fact that interest in the forestry sector among young women is continually increasing and forestry is no longer considered a strictly male domain.

Activities

This problem can be easily addressed through the construction of separate toilets and bathing facilities for women at the College. The school has ample land for the completion of this project.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Project's External Homepage (http://www.mvuletrust.co.ug)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The increased capacity of the College to cater for female students should result in a marked increase in the percentage of females within the student body in the coming years – from 30% in 2010 to 50% by 2015.

Project Message

“Opportunities for women are there in forestry. The government can see that women are delivering.”
- Edinah Nuwasasira, A beneficiary from Nyabyeya Forestry College