Location: Kamengo, Mpigi district, Uganda
Local non-profit Partnerships: Agnes Zabali Boys & Girls Club
Varsity Teams Associated: Ryerson University – Women Basketball
Project: Construction of a well
Goal: $12,000
Agnes Zabali Boys & Girls Club ensure that orphan, vulnerable children and youth can go to school and that all children and youth in Kamengo have a safe space to participate in recreational activities, and to access homework help, computers, children’s books, art supplies and local musical instruments. Funds raised go towards school fees and educational materials for 155 children and youth. The underlying goal of the AZBGC project is to support education, health and wellbeing of vulnerable children and youth of Kamengo so that they can be part of developing long-term solutions for their community.
The AZBGC programs are designed to provide a safe, supportive and inclusive space where every child, youth and adult is respected and valued. We believe that all young people can be responsible, contributing and self-reliant members of their community. Children and youth are the center of everything we do.
The unemployment rate and the poverty assessment of Uganda is still very high. There is a farm in Kamengo that the local community has not been able to use in years because they do not have access to water. Building a well will make a significant change in this small community. Since the local economy is mainly small markets, by allowing AZBGC to have access to water, it will also allow other people in the same community to grow and sell. We would like to offer this opportunity to the women’s basketball program of Ryerson University to be part of this project that will truly make a difference.