ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIAL SERVICES
People’s initiatives are more often than not retarded by lack of or poor infrastructure and social services such as
fi nancial, health, sanitation, safe and clean water, better housing, educational provision facilities and training and
formation facilities.
Magdalena Kolping Dispensary – Ngote. The facility was started through the assistance of Kolping Society of Hamburg in order to render health services
to the remote areas of Ngote. Kolping Switzerland has also been supporting the unit.
Safe & Clean Water
KST’s initiatives of
availing people with
clean and safe water
include protection of
water sources and
construction of rain
water harvesting
tanks for vulnerable
households in rural
areas with water
shortage.
Solar Rural Electrification
The programme was
started in 1995 to avail
remote rural areas to
access electricity for
domestic use.
Access to better education and formation
The Kolping Society strongly believes that training and formation are the necessary conditions for bringing about
human dignity. No wonder the KST budget for training measures is bigger than other expenditure items. Although
formal education has not been one of the mainstream programmes, Fr. David Kamugisha had had always a wish to
contribute to formal education. The opportunity came along as Bweyambiro Kolping Family in Bukoba Town started
a Kindergarten which was supported with small donations. After two years the children joined other schools. Parents
were concerned that when their children join other schools they miss the continuation of the foundation they had had
at Bweyambiro Kindergarten. Hence plans were made to establish an English Medium Primary School. That was the
beginning of the initiatives which resulted in the establishment of "Adolph Kolping English Medium Primary School
(AKEMPS) – 2007 and Saint Joseph Kolping Secondary School (JOKOSES) – 2013".
Financial Services
The KST Micro fi nance programme was
set up to offer interest free credit to small
entrepreneurs especially the youth who
were trained under the KST skills training
measures.
Better Housing
This housing scheme targeted vulnerable households in the rural area.