The Global Uplift Project’s current projects and gifts
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Multiple Countries
30000
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More than 20 million girls drop out of school every year because they can't manage their period. It is probably the greatest preventable loss of human potential in the world. TGUP’s Save a Girl Project addresses this by providing kits of washable, reusable, sanitary supplies. Each kit is given free of charge to the girls.
Tanzania
1200
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These 4-foot-tall mesh fabric cylinders, filled with soil and punched with holes a few inches apart into which seedlings are planted to produce a dense vertical garden, are capable of growing 120 vegetables and herbs – all in a diameter of just 3 feet. This project is funding 40 garden towers for Maasai families in Tanzania.
Nepal
745
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Shree Seeta Balbikash has 400 students and 15 teachers in nursery to grade 8. The school has a room available to use as a science lab but does not have the supplies and equipment to perform basic experiments. This Junior Science Lab in a Box will give students the opportunity to practice what they have learned in theory.
Uganda
3585
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As part of TGUP's Classroom Club, two new classrooms will be built on an adjacent property for the Kangulumira Parents' School. The 150 students currently go to school in a crumbling building made from papyrus reeds. The project will build a latrine block with 4 stalls (2 for girls and 2 for boys) at the new school location.
Uganda
4625
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The project will provide 30 classroom benches with attached desks for the two new classooms that TGUP will build for the Kangulumira School. The desks will have a metallic frame and wooden tops. Each desk and bench will seat 5 students so this project will accommodate 150 students. The existing school does not have any desks.
Kenya
6315
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This project will build a set of latrines with 4 stalls for the 150 girls in primary and junior levels at the Honi School. This is one of four sets of latrines that TGUP will build: one for staff, one for boys, one for girls, and one for the nursery school students.
Kenya
3879
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The Honi School has 330 students supported by 14 staff. TGUP will build four sets of latrines for the school: one for staff, one for girls, one for boys, and one for the nursery school children. The Ministry of Education has threatened to close the school down due to the state of the current latrines.
Cameroon
1732
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This project will provide school supplies to the 262 students at the Royal Seed Nursery and Primary School in Buea. Many students have to share supplies or end up not doing their work due to lack of necessities. This project will supply pens, pencils, erasers, exercise books, TP for the school, chalk for the teachers, etc.
Kenya
3879
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The Honi School started in 1988 with just a nursery school and has grown to 330 students (150 girls, 140 boys, 40 nursery school, and 14 staff). All of the latrines have been condemned and the school is at risk of being shut down. The new nursery latrines are one of four sets of latrines that TGUP is funding at the school.
Uganda
5138
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The Luwero School has 1,238 students including 124 with special needs. The school has 30 dedicated teaching staff. They are in dire need of desks with many students having to sit on the floor. This project will fund 30 desk/bench combinations, each will sit at least 5 students so 150+ students will benefit.
Kenya
6315
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The boys' latrines at the Honi School are at risk of collapse. This project will fund a new latrine building with 4 stalls plus one urinal and a washing station. The 140 boys will no longer need to go in the bushes due to the condition of the latrines. TGUP is also funding new latrines for the girls, staff, and nursery school.
Uganda
3982
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The Kaswa Primary School has 294 Students (108 girls, 186 boys, and 8 teachers). The girls recently received new latrines but the boys latrines are in bad shape. This project will fund a new building to contain 6 stalls, just for the boys. This will be the second project that TGUP has done for this very worthy school.
Nepal
1069
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The Amar Jyoti English Boarding School is a secondary school with 445 students and 30 teachers. They have close to half an acre that could be used for play equipment. The school has requested a badminton court as well as ping pong table. They plan to schedule the students in tournaments to increase social interaction and play.
Guatemala
5325
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The El Naranjo Middle and High School Institute has 137 students and 9 teachers. School management receives a monthly budget to buy nutritious food and cook a meal for every student in the school. However, a requirement to start the program is to have facilities for cooking. This project will build a new 13'x23' kitchen.
Guatemala
24824
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There are four projects for the Monte Carmelo School in Peten including two classrooms, new latrines, solar power, and furniture for the new classrooms. The 87 children in preschool to 6th currently share classrooms in buildings that are falling apart. Each classroom will cost $12,412 and this project will fund two classrooms.
Guatemala
974
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This project will build a new set of pit latrines for the 87 students at the Monte Carmelo School in Peten. The current latrines are in such bad shape that most of the students relieve themselves in the bushes. This is not only unhygenic but creates a toxic environment. This is one of four projects for the school.
Guatemala
1731
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The project will provide resources to install a 600-watt solar power system, including two solar panels, a battery, solar charge controller, an inverter, wiring and light bulbs for the new classrooms at the Monte Carmelo School. This will allow for computers and projectors to be used and for lights when cloudy or dark outside.
Guatemala
1974
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The new classrooms for the Monte Carmelo school that TGUP is funding will need furniture. This project will provide desks and chairs for the teachers, whiteboards, bookshelves, and 25 desk with attached benches for the preschool children. This is one of four projects for this rural school.
Uganda
19920
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The Kangulumira Parents' School is a rural school run by the community. There are 150 students in a 4 room building made from papyrus reeds. They do not have any functioning latrines, water, electricity, or kitchen. TGUP will build them a new school. Each classroom costs $9,960 and this project will build two classrooms.
Uganda
4219
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A 120’ deep borehole will be drilled at the new Kangulumira school site. The borehole will provide water for the 150 students and the nearby community of 500 people. The school does not have any other source for water and the children walk to a borehole approximately 2km away from their current school location to collect water.
Gifts
Multiple Countries
$6
Save a Girls
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Save a Girls
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$6 provides one adolescent girl with washable reusable sanitary supplies so she can manage her period and stay in school. Each kit lasts for three years and is given free to adolescent girls along with education on the use of the kit, feminine hygiene, self defense, and both male and female biology.
Tanzania
$100
Smoke-reducing stoves
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Smoke-reducing stoves
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$100 will fund the construction and installation (done by Maasai women) of a smoke-reducing stove for a Maasai family in Tanzania. The stoves benefit the health of the entire community, but particularly the children for whom the smoke causes lung problems, burns, and even death.
Kenya
$90
Beehives
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Beehives
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A $90 beehive provides pollination to boost crop yields 2–4x. Each hive comes with a personalized plaque naming the person honored and will be installed on a farm, at a school, or in a village in Kenya. The honey from hives is sold to support local farmers, schools, and the hive upkeep.
Tanzania
$20
Birthing kits
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Birthing kits
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Maasai women give birth in their homes often in unsanitary conditions. These $20 kits are given free to pregnant women, and include a plastic drape over which the birth takes place, razor and clamps for cutting the cord, antibiotics for cord stem and eyes, wash basin & soap, blankets, gloves & gowns for midwives and washcloths.
Uganda
$10
Hygiene kits
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Hygiene kits
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These $10 hygiene kits are given to school children in need in Uganda. Each kit contains a toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, nail clippers, soap, wash cloth, and tube of vaseline. All the items are contained in a mesh carrying bag.
Multiple Countries
$25
Shoess
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Shoess
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Over 1.5 billion people suffer from soil transmitted diseases worldwide. Without shoes, children are especially vulnerable to diseases and parasites. These 'shoes that grow' can expand through 5 sizes and keep children healthy and allow them to go to school and only cost $25 per pair.
Multiple Countries
$5
School suppliess
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School suppliess
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Many school children in African countries are prohibited from going to school because they don't have the required basic supplies: pens, pencils, etc. This project provides one school child with the needed supplies so they can stay in school. It only costs $5 to give the required materials.
