Clean water and good hygiene are the foundation of health. On the islands, where both are scarce, we work to make them the norm rather than the exception for every family.
On the Lake Victoria islands, access to clean water and adequate sanitation remains deeply limited. Many families rely on lake water that is unsafe to drink. Handwashing facilities are rare. Sanitation infrastructure is minimal. These conditions create a cycle of waterborne disease, particularly among young children, that undermines every other health and development gain a family tries to make.
Menstrual health is also a significant and often invisible challenge. Without access to safe sanitation facilities or menstrual hygiene products, many girls and women manage their periods in conditions that affect their dignity, their health, and their ability to attend school or go to work.
RAHI conducts hygiene and sanitation sessions across Bussi Island, covering handwashing, safe water handling and treatment, proper sanitation practices, and menstrual health. Our sessions are practical and participatory, designed to be immediately applicable in the daily lives of the families we serve.
We do not just teach. We demonstrate. We discuss. We answer the questions that people have never had the space to ask before. And we follow up to support the changes that families are trying to make in their homes, because knowledge without support rarely sticks.
Your support funds the sessions, materials, and follow-up that help island families protect themselves and their children with knowledge they can act on immediately.
