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Community Profile
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Kasangombe, Uganda
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Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, World Vision was able to work alongside communities to accomplish the following in 2011.
Christian Commitment
- Worked with local churches to start 50 children's worship groups, giving children opportunities to express their faith through worship and prayer.
Economic Development
- Worked with MedNET, a microfinance institution affiliated with World Vision, to help entrepreneurs access small business loans.
Healthcare
- Formed school health clubs to promote healthy hygiene and sanitation practices among schoolchildren.
- Worked to reduce the prevalence of diarrhea by teaching families how to construct "tippy-taps," simple hand-washing systems made from local materials.
- Organized malaria-prevention campaigns in 28 communities, reducing the number of malaria cases.
- Provided nutrition education for mothers, demonstrating how to prepare healthy meals using locally available ingredients.
- Trained village health workers to monitor children's nutritional status and promote healthy feeding practices.
- Partnered with local health agencies to immunize and deworm 1,368 children.
Water and Sanitation
- Covered five springs and one borehole well to help protect the water supply from contamination by livestock and provide clean water for 240 households.
Education
- Involved schools in an educational newspaper program, which strengthens children's writing skills and improves access to learning resources.
Child Rights
- Held community forms to promote child rights and raise awareness of child protection issues.
Birthday Celebration
- Over 4,000 children participated in a time of prayer, played games, sang, danced, and received books, balls, pens, and pencils.
