At 663toZERO, we have so far helped over 75,000 people in Western Uganda have access to safe drinking water and provided them with the sanitation and hygiene education that they need to live safe and healthy lives! We have done all this in less than 2 years on the ground.
We have just reached a point where we as an organisation can start to apply for grants and funding programs from across the World, but we need your help to keep our operations going until then! We are looking for between $5000-10000 and hoping to raise that in the next 5 weeks We hope you will support us in this campaign and spread the word about the great work we are doing in rural Uganda!
MY STORY:
I studied Product Design at the University of Technology, Sydney, and for my Honours year, I decided to dedicate my 'Major Project' to solving one of the biggest issues facing people in rural communities across Uganda, the lack of access to clean drinking water. I spent time in the villages before my Honours year began to learn about day to day life in these communities and this allowed me to build a deep understanding and connection with these people. My goal was to not only design a product that was made 'for the people', but also made 'with the people'.
I graduated from my Honours year in 2016 and the product I designed is called 'Okuchumba Amaizi' which translates to 'something that boils water' in the Batoro language of Western Uganda. It can be made by the people in the village and incorporated into their daily cooking ritual, therefore not requiring the user to learn new processes or take any extra time or source more fuel to provide their family with clean drinking water. Best of all, it only costs $1.50 to create!
In 2017, I initially raised $60,000 to take back to Uganda and set up the organisation, to date we have helped 75,000 people have access to clean drinking water whilst also empowering them with the knowledge they need to live safe and healthy lives
How can you help?
We believe in changing the World and we want you to be part of it! We want to keep reaching as many communities as we can with clean drinking water, to do that we need your financial support in the form of donations on this page and spreading the word via your social media platforms.
With each different level of 'donations', you receive more and more rewards as a way to say thank you for your support. We will be giving a shout-out on our social media pages to thank you for your contribution and contacting you directly to discuss how we can continue to partner with you for years to come and to chat about the timeline for receiving your rewards.
I hope you all have been encouraged by my vision and want to jump on board as well! Donate on the page, post on your social medias and tell your family and friends about our vision and dream, to reduce the amount of people around the world without access to clean drinking water, a human right, from 663 Million people to ZERO!!!
Thanks for reading,
Mitch Horrocks
663toZERO
