The Drinking Fountain Association
welcomes applications for grants to help fund projects that fall
within its objectives. In 2008 the Association’s grants totalled
£29,389. In principle the Association allocates about one-third
of its net income to overseas projects. For cost effectiveness
these donations are channelled through UK registered charities.
Based on the merits of grant applications the Committee makes a
monetary award ranging from £50 to £3000.
Drinking Fountain Association 2008 Financial Highlights
The Committee made 11 grants during the year the largest of
which were as follows:
Children of Fiji
A grant of £2,000 was awarded to provide fresh water for
children of Rakiraki Primary School on the island of Viti Levu,
including a sanitation building and two 5000 gallon water
tanks.. The project will take around 2 months and will serve 240
primary school children, 34 kindergarten children and 12 staff
on a daily basis.
UK Youth
A grant of £2,000 was awarded
for a new bore-hole, filters and pumps to provide a new water
source at the Activity and Residential Centre in the New Forest.
on a 65 acre grade 1 listed site to supply the 20,000 annual
visitors The centre supports and develops high quality voluntary
work and educational opportunities for young people, training
courses, activities and holidays. The centre also specialises in
working with disadvantaged and disabled children.
World Vision UK
A grant of £2,000 was awarded for boreholes benefiting 45,500
people providing clean water pumps close to settlements cutting
down queuing time for women and girls in the Pader district of
Northern Uganda. Women will no longer have to walk long
distances to collect water risking their safety.
Peterchurch Water Supply
A grant of £2,000 was awarded to go towards the cost of
installing a traditional stone drinking fountain for the
enjoyment of walkers, visitors and animals in the vicinity of
the village car park. and to manage and conserve its resource
for the benefit of future generations. The local spring water
from the St Peter’s well will be used. This village is situated
in Herefordshire.
Build Africa
A grant of £1,778 was awarded to go towards the construction of
a borehole at Kateera Primary School in the Rakai District of
Uganda. A new water supply will benefit 380 children and 7
teachers who have to walk well over a mile at the moment for
water and they anticipate that over 1,000 teachers, pupils and
community member will use the water supply on a daily basis.
Society for Protection of Animals
Abroad
A grant of £1,500 was awarded to fill a network of 3 water
troughs so that in Marrakech animals can have access to clean
water for years to come. They anticipate 700 animals will use
each trough each day.
Busoga Trust
A grant of £2,000 was awarded for a hand dug well helping 500
people to drink clean water in the villages of Ndudu and
Milengezoo in Uganda. Health and hygiene education will also be
carried out improving the lives of the villagers.
Details of the Associations finances are presented in the 149th Annual Report
attached below
The
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association 149th
Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2008
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