Water and nutrition at schools in Freetown
With 7 water kiosks and the provision of milk powder for school meals, we help more than 55,000 people to a better future.
Sierra Leone
country
Freetown
city
2024-2026
period
55,200
people
From rural areas to cities
Although many have moved from the countryside to the capital for a chance at a better life, a large proportion of Freetown’s city residents are struggling. Only 3% have access to running water at home.
More than half of schools in Sierra Leone do not have clean water and some 1.2 million school children have to rely on the open air instead of a safe and clean toilet.
The government is doing its best to change this. For example, children receive a free daily meal at schools and boreholes are being built. However, these meals lack essential nutrients and there is often no maintenance plan for the water points, making them not future-proof.
Durable access to water
Together with World Vision we will build 2 new water points at schools and make them future-proof together with 5 existing water points, as we previously achieved in Ethiopia.
To this end, we will establish and train Water Management Committees, build and supply water kiosks at schools and markets, and build WASH facilities that generate income to invest in the maintenance and quality of the water points.
Building latrines and hand washing points completes this project. With separate spaces for boys and girls and extra care for menstrual hygiene, we hope to take a lot of the burden off the shoulders of the residents of Freetown.
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By working in schools to provide clean drinking water and nutritious meals, we give children in Sierra Leone a chance to build a better future.
Frank van der Tang, co-founder Made Blue Foundation
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Water and milk
Vreugdenhil Dairy Foods and Hoogwegt Groep have been ambassadors of Made Blue for years, thus realising clean drinking water in countries such as Senegal and Ethiopia.
In this project they also supply milk powder to give the free school meals at the six schools in the area much more nutritional value. The milk powder will provide a mineral boost for the pupils and thus help them to continue to develop well physically and mentally.
This combination of milk and water is unique and will hopefully teach us whether and how this combination can be used on a larger scale for the well-being of children and families in Freetown or elsewhere.
Set the flywheel in motion
We hope that this pilot will show schools and local government how water supplies can continue to operate sustainably by being enterprising.
We also want to inspire local entrepreneurs to enrich meals with nutritious milk powder at many more schools.
Together we will set a flywheel in motion for a much healthier youth in Sierra Leone!
This project started in 2024 and will run for 2 years. During this time we will build two new water points, 7 water kiosks, latrines for local communities and schools, and provide 1,800 students with powdered milk to supplement their daily free school meal. In total, we will be able to provide 55,200 people with clean water and access to WASH facilities, directly and indirectly, by the end of this project.
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