Ugandan charity wins global sanitation award
Ms Evelyne Busingye of Joint Efforts to Save the Environment in Uganda (C) with former US President Bill Clinton (L) and Stars Foundation Chairman HE Amr Al-Dabbagh after receiving a water, sanitation and hygiene award in London last week. Courtesy photo
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JESE, which was one of the 18 organisations worldwide that were rewarded, received a prize package worth $100,000 (Shs280 million) of funding and another $20,000 (Shs56.8 million) in consultancy.
Kampala- A Ugandan charity organisation has received global recognition for promoting sanitation among school-going children and advocating sustainable access to affordable hygiene facilities in rural communities.
Joint Efforts to Save the Environment (JESE) based in Kabarole District received the 2014 Stars Impact Award at a function held in London last week.
The Stars Impact Awards recognise and reward effective, well-managed local organisations working to improve child health, education, water, sanitation and hygiene in countries with the highest mortality rate of children under five years in Africa and the Middle East.
JESE, which was one of the 18 organisations worldwide that were rewarded, received a prize package worth $100,000 (Shs280 million) of funding and another $20,000 (Shs56.8 million) in consultancy.
Mr Godfrey Rugumayo, the WASH programmes manager, told Daily Monitor at the weekend that the prize is further proof of their success in promoting sanitation and hygiene in schools and rural communities.
He said the recognition was based on their 2012 report, indicating that the organisation improved access to safe water for more than 12,000 children in 28 primary schools, and sanitation for more than 9,000 pupils in 10 primary schools.
