On 24th and 25th January, we welcomed John Bosco Lukwaga and Robert Malanga of MADIPA in Uganda. MADIPA is a well-established and trusted partner for ElectricAid. They are a self-help group, run by PWDs for PWDs, addressing the position and prospects of people with disabilities in Masaka, Uganda. They run a wheelchair manufacture and…
We in ElectricAid wish all our friends, members and supporters, all our partner organisations and beneficiaries, and of course, YOU, a very happy and peaceful Christmas. We hope that 2017 will be a year of prosperity and fulfilment all over our one world.
Our appeal for relief & recovery in Haiti – after the appalling devastation of Hurricane Matthew – has been a wonderful, heart-warming success. The steadfast generosity of the ElectricAid community – members, supporters, ESB, friends – continues to amaze, but no longer surprises. You have a proud and consistent record of reaching out to people…
Poverty amongst rural women is acute in Afghanistan, mainly as a result of decades of conflict. However, 805 of the country is peaceful and ripe for the development of the people. Our 2015 funding of Christian Aid’s project targeted 90 poor women-headed household in Karukh, Herat. The project strengthened 2 existing co-ops, provided literacy…
These images tell the story of Chief Abdul-Rahman Neindow in the village of Zuozugu, near to Tamale in Ghana. When Trachoma goes untreated, it becomes Trichiasis, where the eyelids turn in upon themselves so that the lashes are constantly scratching the eye. At this stage, only surgery, using TT kits, can save a person’s…
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a deeply-entrenched cultural practice in much of Africa. It is not enough to simply outlaw the procedure – both attitudes and behaviours have to be influenced and changed. In short, people need to be deeply convinced. Plan Ireland has a particular focus on the welfare and development of women and…
Haven is a small Irish NGO, specialising in community development projects in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. This simple project involved the extension of a water supply to the commune of Gran Sab on Isle a Vache, an extremely poor island off the south coast of Haiti, and the rehabilitation of existing wells in the…
ElectricAid member, Aidan Byrne (ex-ESB, now working with UMEME in Uganda),and John Bosco Lukwago, Chair of MADIPA, during Aidan’s site visit in Masaka, Uganda. MADIPA is a self-help and educational NGO for people with disabilities in Uganda, which ElectricAid has supported strongly since 2010. Also shown in John Baptist Lukwago, Chairman of MADIPA. …
