Boats, Nets and Toilets Project 2023/24

Our NGO partners, GiFO, have been keen to find a way of generating income for the NGO itself, so that they could begin to sponsor development projects themselves. In 2023, VRUK agreed to fund the construction of two boats and the purchase of some fishing nets. GiFO plans to rent these out to villagers and use the income for further economic development.

To support this project, and to support the first stages of a tourism initiative, we also agreed to finance the construction of a toilet building at the lakeshore. It is hoped that people will “spend a penny”, and that this will provide additional funds for GiFO

Boats

Villagers have been making wooden dugouts

Nets

Nets are expensive as they have to be bought at market

Toilet

The villagers are hard at work digging the toilet.

The Villagers have already started to make use of the boats and nets.