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Thanks from Namilepe Village, Malawi

April 4, 2023borehole, community, Malawi, water

Mbota and Namipele Village in the Machinga area of southern Malawi, want to give their deepest gratitude to Kitchen Table Charity for their assistance with boreholes. This has benefitted 120 households in Namilepe village and 670 people who until this point in their lives never had potable water, likewise in the village of Mbota where 170 households and 820 people are able to use this pure water.

Borehold project update – Zambia

August 12, 2022borehole, chickens, community, farming, water, zambia

Drilling of solar-powered borehole to promote Small scale irrigated vegetable growing, processing, and improved rearing of village chickens for food security and increased incomes at the household level. The project activities have been and are still being implemented as planned though with some highlighted challenges. The mixed membership groups are working to sustain the continuity of the project and ensure that the chicken project succeeds. The women’s project is trying to catch up with the lost time in terms of water availability and is currently busy preparing the land, establishing a vegetable nursery, and directly planting some of the vegetables…

KAZAMWENDO PRIMARY SCHOOL WATER BOREHOLE PROJECT

May 17, 2022borehole, children, Kazamwendo, Kigoma village, school, tanzania, water

With the support of KTCT, UCO Tanzania has received a grant in March 2022 which will help to get two local hand pump boreholes in Mlangilizi and Kazamwendo primary schools to service almost 1600 students to get safe water. Mboni group has drilled a local hand pump borehole in Kazamwendo after a successful survey which was done on 7-4-2022 and now the project is done in Kazamwendo. Please read the full report: KAZAMWENDO-PRIMARY-SCHOOL-WATER-BOREHOLE-PROJECT-ACTIVITIES-REPORT-1Download

Solar-powered borehole project – Thanks from Kenya

May 16, 2022borehole, children, Kenya, school, water

Many thanks and much appreciation to supporters of Kitchen Table Charities Trust for donating a wonderful gift of £6200 to Light The Poor Group in Kenya to install a solar-powered borehole in an under-served and water-stressed school for underprivileged children with no access to safe water. We are filled with joy and happiness to you for enabling us to implement this project. It means a lot to us, and even more to the beneficiary school since it goes a long way in reducing the high prevalence of waterborne diseases among 725 poor learners at the school. It will also boost the…

Many Greetings from Tanzania….

January 25, 2022borehole, tanzania, water

We thank Kitchen Table Charities Trust (KTCT) supporters for their kindness in funding the drilling of a borehole to supply water to our health centre in the poor community of Sunguvuni in Tanzania. village. We in Tanzania had no need to negotiate to get this assistance. Thank you to the good men and women of England who answered the needs of the poor for a sustainable supply of clean water to our health centre and the community at large. We at KIPUCA take this opportunity to express on our behalf and on behalf of the population of Sunguvuni people our…

Thanks from: Uzima in Our Hands (Kenya)

January 7, 2020borehole, children, Kenya, thanks, water

We are delighted that the Kitchen Table Charities Trust is able to support us in replacing the pump to the borehole and installing three water harvesting tanks at Uzima, an Orphan and Day Care Centre that feeds, clothes, and educates 340 vulnerable children in an impoverished area of rural western Kenya. The children will not only benefit from an essential, sustainable water source from now on but also be protected from health hazards such as when the toilets flooded due to excess rainwater that wasn't being collected. These children often only eat and drink at the Centre, and our charity…

Report on the completion of the borehole from Project Share

September 17, 2015borehole, children, school, water

Thank you for your generous grant towards the borehole and water system at Project Share in Gushegu, Northern Ghana which is now complete. The borehole has been sunk and mechanised, and the water system is now completed to pipe the water to Neesim Primary School, Neesim Nutrition Centre and the Project Share Staff Quarters. Water is pumped from the borehole to a large polytank on a tall water tower which is the main water storage point. This is next to our staff quarters and has a tap to be used by the local communities. The height of the tower creates…

Report on the progress of the borehole from Project Share

August 1, 2015borehole, water

Report on the progress of the borehole from Project Share The borehole project at Project Share in Gushegu, Northern Ghana is progressing well. We sank the borehole in mid- May, at the end an uncommonly long dry season. This was really the best time of year to do this, as it means the borehole is definitely deep enough to provide water all year round. The borehole was then mechanised using a submersible pump, and the site fenced for security. The borehole was sunk just a few metres off our land close to our staff quarters (with the land owners permission),…