Location: Karamoja - Districts of Kotido, Kaabong, Abim and Nakapiripirit.

Duration: July - November 2009.

Financing: UNICEF co-financed.

General objective: Reducing illnesses related to the use of non-drinking water (in Uganda 75% of diseases are caused by poor, if not absent, personal and domestic hygiene) by promoting hygiene and sanitation in schools.

Results at project end:

• 33 new wells drilled in 33 selected schools (14 schools in the districts of Kaabong and Kotido and 19 in Abim and Nakapiripirit districts);

• 15 schools in Kaabong and Kotido districts benefited from hygiene promotion activities;

• Established and formulated "hygiene groups" - training course for 15 participants to acquire expertise on Phast (Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation) and Clts (Community-Led Total Sanitation) approaches;

• Perform and present 12 live performances on hygiene and health issues in schools selected with the delivery of school supplies;

• directly and sensibly mobilizing pupils, tutors, teachers, school staff, community members and local leaders (also through the delivery of two manuals on water & sanitation issues);

• installed 30 taps in the selected schools;

• Perform artistic and creative competitions in schools to promote the correct hygiene with final delivery of hygiene kits (containing, among other things, 25 pieces of soap, 5 liters of liquid soap, a hoe, a spade, a peg and A wheelbarrow to assemble, gloves, a broom, a brush, a plastic container, a garbage bin, a scissor to crush).

Direct Beneficiaries: 16,787 pupils and school staff from the 33 schools in Kotido, Kaabong, Abim and Nakapiripirit districts.

Indirect beneficiaries: parents, pupils' families and the whole community of the four districts.