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Constructing the Community Kitchen

 

Community Centre in Buwanyanga

CS Shipping Containers is proud to be supplying a shipping container to Sussex Downs College as part of their long term project in Uganda.

Over  the past four years Sussex Downs College has sent out over 100 student volunteers to Buwanyanga village, Sironko district, Uganda, to assist the local community build up their educational, health and sanitation capacity.  The work has involved building a library resource centre, community kitchen and toilet blocks, grain stores, sustainable stoves and in 2008 a health education and nutrition centre.  Many of the facilities provided are the only ones in a district of some 2,000 villages and 330,000 inhabitants.

This month CS Shipping Containers supplied a a 20ft shipping container to the college.   This will allow them to dispatch educational resources including computers and vocational and sports equipment to Buwanyanga village.   The much needed goods will reach the village in June.  Once the container has been emptied the college students plan to use it to create a shipping container conversion so it can be used as a further community building.

All this takes money and the college is always seeking ways to raise funds to continue with this work.   Further details available from Ian Elgie, Uganda project coordinator on: email hidden; JavaScript is required   Please contact him if you think you can help.