Toilets 4 Life
Riverside East Rotary is proud to host Toilets 4 Life, a project to construct septic toilets and to bring sanitation and clean water to Bugiri, Uganda. Across two Global Grants, the project has brought clean water and sanitation to thousands of people and made a lasting difference.
Update: Both phases are funded and delivered. Thank you to all of those who helped support the project!
Phase I (Global Grant #1985875)
Completed in 2023 and hosted with the Rotary Club of Iganga, Phase I built five septic toilet blocks at Hindocha Primary School, Nakavule Primary School, the Bugiri Bus Park, Bugiri Main Hospital and Namayemba Market. It also purchased a 7,500 litre cesspool emptier truck to keep the facilities serviced, and trained 25 WASH committee members and staff to run and maintain them.
Phase II (Global Grant #2569338)
Launched in August 2026 and hosted with the Rotary Club of Bugiri Municipality, Phase II is more than three times the size of the first. It delivered five larger and fully inclusive facilities at Bugubo Primary School, Nabukalu Market, the ITT Vocational Training Centre, the Bugiri Bus Park and the Kireka-Ndifakulya community. Each has six stances, including one for persons with disabilities, along with two shower units, tap-water connections and handwashing stations.
Phase II also added a 10,000 litre cesspool emptier and a garbage collection truck, both now in weekly service across Bugiri Municipal Council, and two Aquonic wastewater treatment tanks that treat wastewater on site.
