The Global Uplift Project’s current projects
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Large Projects
Country
Project Name
Project
Cost
Cost
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Kenya
18227
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Members of Cal-Nev-Ha Region 16 (Divisions 44, 27, and 7) are building a new classroom for a school in Kenya, bringing in electricity, and refurbishing the school’s Science Lab. The result will be a model school for the Central Highlands area.
We are bigger when we help others, and we’re stronger when we work together. Beyond the classroom itself, that is the big win. Join us!
We are bigger when we help others, and we’re stronger when we work together. Beyond the classroom itself, that is the big win. Join us!
Medium Projects
Kenya
6000
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Kiini Sustainable Initiative, TGUP's Kenyan partner, will build 4 latrines exclusively for the girls at Mucagara Mixed Day Secondary School in Ngariama, Kirinyaga county. Girls end up having to wait in line to use the latrines, often causing them to be late for class. And there is no place to wash up, which is particularly troublesome when a girl has her period. She often ends up skipping school altogether, leading to eventual dropout.
This is one of five different latrine projects in Kenya.
This is one of five different latrine projects in Kenya.
Brazil
3480
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Above Rio de Janeiro, there are more than 1.5 million people (24% of the population of Rio) who live in favelas (slums). The many residents of the Pavãozinho community don't have any place to gather and the children have no place to play. Alongside our local partner, we will install a playground structure surrounded by an e-garden, a BBQ and benches.
Nepal
6109
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The Nepal Women Community Service Center and the local community will contribute 20% of the cost to install a playground at the Barahachhetra Secondary School. The school has 593 students but no play equipment.
Kenya
4320
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This project will provide the purchase and installation of two cooking jikos for a new kitchen. The kitchen is part of a larger campaign at the Kanjuu Secondary School where TGUP, in partnership with Kiini Sustainable Initiative, will also build a new classroom, refurbish a science lab, and install electricity throughout the entire school.
Multiple
5000
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Associate Sewing Centers benefit from all that an Affiliate Sewing Centerdoes but also includes: funding for capital costs (sewing machines, serger, etc.), on-going funding for kits, and on-going support and training. Click here for more information.
Small Projects
Multiple
25000
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Raised to date:
More than 20 million adolescent girls drop out of school every year because they cannot manage their period. It is probably the greatest preventable loss of human potential in the world.
TGUP’s Save a Girl Project addresses this problem by providing girls with washable, reusable, cloth sanitary pads. A Save a Girl “kit” costs about $6 to make, but they are given free of charge to the girls.
TGUP’s Save a Girl Project addresses this problem by providing girls with washable, reusable, cloth sanitary pads. A Save a Girl “kit” costs about $6 to make, but they are given free of charge to the girls.
Kenya
100
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Gift a beehive for a family member, friend or loved one. TGUP is placing beehives with local villagers, farmers and schools in Kenya. The bees improve crop production by as much as 500%! For $120, we will install a beehive with a 3"x6” bronze plaque in the name of the person or family you choose. 100% of the cost will go to the beehive and is tax deductible. TGUP will email you a personalized letter and a photo of the hive once it is installed. Our goal is to install 100 beehives.
Nicaragua
1412
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TGUP will build a new classroom for the rural community of Luz de Cristo, outside of Tipitapa, Managua. The school does not have any playground or area for the children outside of class. We will install a playground with three structures: a slide, swings with 4 seats and monkey bars.
Nicaragua
719
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As part of TGUP's new classroom for the elementary school of Luz de Cristo, solar panels will be installed on both the existing school building as well as on the new classroom. This will allow the students and teachers to see during cloudy days and permit the villagers to use the buildings after school hours for community meetings, adult education, vocational training and the provision of health care by government health staff.
Kenya
1814
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This is the second of three components planned for the Kanjuu Secondary School: TGUP also plans to build a new classroom and furnish the existing science lab with shelving and cupboards. The school has electricity to a few rooms but the wiring is old, frayed and dangerous. This project will install electricity throughout the entire school.
Kenya
2286
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This is the third of three components planned for the Kanjuu Secondary School: along with a new classroom and electrical installation. This project will provide 3 locking cupboards and 30 shelves for the existing science lab. Once the room is prepared, TGUP will install its first ever Science Lab in a Box (SLaB), which will provide all the materials, supplies, and equipment needed to teach Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
Kenya
2723
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This is an add-on project to the classroom, electricity and science lab that are currently being funded at the Kanjuu Secondary School. The school does not have any sports facilities for girls - this project will fund both a netball and volleyball court as well as provision equipment and supplies.
Nepal
12000
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TGUP's Save a Girl Sewing Center in Nepal is sewing cloth masks for distribution to local communities. We are raising funds to purchase 12,000 masks to be donated for local medical and emergency personnel. Each mask only costs 25 cents (minimum purchase is $5.00).
Multiple
1500
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Save a Girl kits are made at TGUP Affiliate Sewing Centers and Associate Sewing Centers in developing world countries. Both types of Centers are independently owned and operated but use TGUP technology, which is provided at no cost. They employ local seamstresses in well-paying, meaningful work helping girls in their own community. Affiliate Sewing Centers benefit from TGUP’s intellectual property and support in logistics. No commitment to fund kits is expected. Click here for more information.
Nicaragua
2061
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TGUP, in partnership with Seeds of Learning, will build a 16’ x 10’ steel canapy to act as a community baking center. The canopy will have a roof of zinc sheets and a cement floor, which will support a traditional 6.5’ x 6.5’ kiln. This will be used by women in the community to bake traditional baked treats, both for their own families as well as to sell. We expect this to be a source of income for women to help support their families.
Nicaragua
1523
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Raised to date:
TGUP, in partnership with Seeds of Learning, will build a playground consisting of a swing set with four swings, one slide and climbing bridge (monkey bars). The entire community will benefit from the play area and use it as a place for families to gather.
Gifts
Multiple
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.
Kenya
120
Beehives
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Beehives
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A $120 beehive provides pollination to boost crop yields 2–4x. Each hive comes with a personalized plaque naming the person honored.
Indonesia
100
Food Packages
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Food Packages
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$100 will provide 4 severely malnourished young children, or 4 nursing mothers and their babies, with essential food supplements for a month in Bali.
Kenya
300
Water Tanks
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Water Tanks
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$300 will purchase and install a 3,000 liter water tank and roof catchment system in a drought striken area in Meru, Kenya.
Nepal
10
Maskss
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Maskss
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$10 provides washable, reusable COVID masks for 40 people in Kenya, Nepal, Tanzania, or India.
Indonesia
275
Bamboo Shelters
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Bamboo Shelters
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On Oct 16, 2021, an earthquake struck East Bali and completely destroyed houses and latrine buildings. $275 will provide a bamboo structure for a family who lost everything.
Indonesia
100
New Toilets
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New Toilets
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$100 will provide an open-air toilet for multiple families to use after the Oct 2021 earthquake destroyed their homes. Each toilet will be enclosed with tarpaulin, have a seat and be connected by a pipe to a septic field.
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