JENGA Project - Clean Water Supply for Uganda

Eutopia is delighted to be sponsoring JENGA, a Ugandan-based charity, in its ongoing project to supply remote villages with clean, purified water.

Many villages in Uganda have no access to clean water and are forced to drink water that is contaminated. Sadly almost half of all infant mortality in this country is caused by drinking such 'dirty' water. As part of its continued 'Global Community' initiatives, Eutopia is delighted to be sponsoring JENGA in a number of its projects in the Mbale region of Uganda.

Our first collaboration was on the Mooni Parish Water Supply project. This commenced in March 2005, and was based on a staged approach, consisting of the following four phases:

• Phase 1 - Optimisation of existing water supply
  

• Phase 2 - Rehabilitation of the existing water distribution system
  

• Phase 3 - Provision of supplementary drinking water supply
  

• Phase 4 - Provision of sand filtration and other treatment processes

All stages were supported by an integrated education and training programme on health awareness and sanitation.

The completion of the project so far has provided significant benefits to Mooni Parish, not just in terms of cleaner water, but also increased building capacity, improved organisational abilities (these projects are always collaborative) and improved health education.

Eutopia is delighted that our financial assistance is going straight into these projects and we think that the pictures speak for themselves. As ever, do not hesitate to contact Eutopia's Managing Director if you too would like to contribute (or assist in) this worthwhile cause.

PCCP - PALLISA CHILDREN'S CONCERN PROJECT

Further to our recent announcement, we are delighted to be providing funding for the Pallisa Children's Concern Project school. This new school will cater for the 250 orphaned children who are directly sponsored by The Friends of PCCP,as well as a further 350 other disadvantaged children from neighbouring villages.

This fantastic charity provides support, food, healthcare and sponsored education to children who have been orphaned through war and AIDS in East Uganda.

Robby Keen, PCCP's Director in Uganda comments: "It is difficult for people in the 'West' to comprehend just how little these children have, both materially and by way of a future. By providing practical or financial assistance, we can begin to ensure that at the very least, these children have the motivation to begin to craft a future for themselves. On behalf of the children at PCCP, thank you all for your words of encouragement and for all your help."

Please download and view the attached PDF file which documents Eutopia's involvement, as well as how you too could help with this worthwhile charity.

As ever, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

DEAFinIT

Eutopia is delighted to announce its support of the DEAFinIT project. DEAFinIT is a registered charity formed in 1997 with the primary aim of working with the UK's deaf community, providing support, practical assistance and training - all through the use of new technology.

DEAFinIT's Chief Executive, Mr Lloyd Davis, comments, "IT is a great leveller for deaf people and a great facilitator for learning. We aim to provide three main areas of support - basic literacy training, basic technology training and perhaps our most ambitious area, an NVQ recognised IT skills training course that leads to employment in the IT sector.

Through Eutopia's generous support and constant encouragement, we can continue to provide this essential help to our users, develop new innovative ways of delivering this service (watch out for our new DEAFweb site), and benefit from Eutopia's links to the commercial IT world."

For more information on how you to can also help support DEAFinIT, pls contact us.