Bright Future

DATE THE TEAM FORMED: 2010

NUMBER OF TEAM MEMBERS: 35

TOTAL NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES: 2731

AMOUNT FUNDED: $750

Team Bright Future launched their first water venture in 2017 in the Jali Sector that has served at least 2731 people (in 546 households) with clean, safe water each month. With the money earned from water sales, Bright Future supported 192 financially vulnerable people, in 32 households by providing two free jerry cans of water each day. Further, they collaborated with social health workers by identifying and intervening on behalf of women in the community most at risk for domestic violence; and identified and intervened on behalf of youth ages 12-18 who are at the highest risk for early and illegal marriage. Prior to COVID, team Bright Future had sensitized 557 people through transformational education sessions. With the time saved collecting water nearby, eight of the team members learned and created handcrafts. The money generated from craft sales is used to establish savings groups that contribute seed money for further development of craft ventures.

In February, Bright Future requested expansion funding to share their community training services with 780 additional people, including trauma-healing programs for families suffering from domestic violence, family planning, and gender rights training, and income generation training for women, which was delayed because of COVID-19. With some loosening of COVID-19 restrictions, Bright Future was able to provide training for 40 couples and an additional 80 men and women on gender rights and family planning. In August, Bright Future was awarded start-up resources for their new water access point which will serve 750 households in 4 villages (Bugarama, Rwankuba, Akarenge and Gitaba) up the hill from their current operations in Agateko and will enable 314 additional households to bring water to their homes. Furthermore, a new school serving 16,000 households is opening nearby and will also benefit from the new water source.