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Our Impact
Measurable outcomes across education, water, nutrition, livelihoods and community development in Ibanda, Uganda.
G1-5
SCHOOL GRADES & GROWING
G7
EDUCATION GOAL
1
NEW GRADE / YEAR
100%
SPONSORED EDUCATION
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CLEAN WATER PIPELINE
THEORY OF CHANGE
How small, connected investments compound into lasting change
Rural poverty is not a single problem to solve — it's a set of interlocking constraints that all bind at the same time. A child cannot learn if they are hungry. A mother cannot earn if she spends four hours a day fetching water. A farm cannot grow if the rains fail and there is no storage.
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Mushunga's program is designed around that reality. We invest simultaneously in education, clean water, nutrition and livelihoods — because progress in any one area is undone if the others fall behind. Every year, we track how those investments compound: enrolment rising as nutrition stabilises, girls staying in school longer as water infrastructure frees up their time, guardians earning more as farm output grows.
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The result is measurable, cumulative change in a specific place — Mushunga, Uganda — rather than a scattered set of projects with no shared outcome.
IMPACT AREAS
Outcomes we measure and report
Every program is tracked against agreed KPIs. Below is a snapshot of the areas where our partners see impact — with narrative, photography and metrics in every report.
Education
Victorious Community School delivers quality education from Grade 1 to 5 (growing to Grade 7), with trained teachers and safe facilities.
Clean water
Borehole and pipeline delivering clean water to the orphanage, school and farm — replacing unsafe surface water.
Nutrition & health
Daily meals, healthcare and safeguarding for orphaned and vulnerable children in our care.
Farm & livelihoods
Coffee, maize, bull fattening and chicken brooding — reducing dependency and building food security.
Safe homes
Orphanage and boarding facilities with dormitory beds, sanitation and evening lighting.
Women's empowerment
Livelihoods and income-generation for mothers, guardians and women in the wider community.
HOW WE REPORT
Numbers, narrative, and the story behind both
Every partner receives an impact report that answers three questions: what changed, why we believe our work contributed to that change, and what didn't go to plan. The third question matters as much as the first two.
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Alongside the quarterly numbers — enrolment, water flow, harvest yield, women in savings groups — we publish narrative case studies from the children, teachers, farmers, and mothers whose lives are shaped by the program. Names and photographs are used only with informed consent and always in accordance with our safeguarding policy.
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Our commitment to transparency includes what has been harder than expected. Rainfall variability, staff turnover, currency movement and building delays are all part of working in rural East Africa. Partners hear about those challenges from us first — not from a third party six months later.
