Equal Aqua

At a glance

Causes

Environment
International development
Local / community
Training / employment support
Women
Young people

Other details

Geographical remit:

International

Objectives

To improve access to safe and sustainable drinking water for all Ugandans.
To expand access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations.
To take action to promote conservation of the natural environment; improve water quality by reducing pollution; protect and restore water-related ecosystems.
To increase water-use efficiency to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity.
Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management.
To improve education around water and sanitation issues in schools, youth groups and community centres.
To run community workshops that improve knowledge around hygiene and sanitation, for example, liquid-soap making and reusable sanitary-pads.
To collaborate with other organisations with similar objectives both within and outside Uganda to achieve these objectives.

Activities

Equal Aqua works with communities in Uganda to improve access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities and services. We tackle inequalities in access to WASH, such as location, gender, age, ethnicity and income. Our two flagship projects are running community workshops that teach practical WASH skills and building rainwater harvesting tanks for schools from recycled plastic bottles. Alongside this, we are raising awareness about overlapping ecological and environmental issues, such as plastic pollution and climate change.

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