Our Work
New latrine gives Willy's daughters back their education
22nd November 2023New latrine gives Willy’s daughters back their education
Meet Willy! Willy Grace Canifua lives in Atido Village in Nebbi District, Uganda. He is married with 11 children (6 girls and 5 boys). Signpost International, working in partnership with ARUWE (Action for Rural Women’s Education), has been able to install a borehole and new latrine facility at…
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5th October 2023Harvest Appeal
It’s that time of year again when, in Scotland, the season starts to change. The temperatures begin to cool, the nights grow longer, and the colours of the leaves begin to change. Autumn is one of my favourite times of year as I’m reminded of the beauty of God’s creation.…
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23rd August 2023Home School Children have an interactive learning experience at the Roundhouse
Home school children learn about life in Uganda Polly (Education & Community) and Rosie (Communications) had a wonderful morning in the Learning Centre with a lovely group of Home School children and their parents! The families learnt about all the different projects run by Signpost International, specifically our WASH (water,…
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27th July 2023Stephen visits Signpost Projects in Uganda
A visit to Signpost Projects in Uganda I recently joined Signpost International as Desk Officer to help with the management and support of SI’s overseas work. It has been great getting to know the Signpost team in Dundee and all the good work that is going on at the Roundhouse.…
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22nd June 2023Taking Action Against Poverty through Human Rights
Signpost International is committed to taking Action Against Poverty. There are many definitions of poverty. Human poverty is broad, complex, and multidimensional, and its characteristics vary widely from country to country, community to community and with time and season. This is why we use a rights-based approach to define poverty.…
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17th May 2023Empowering Women in Rural Kenya
Empowering women through income generating enterprise in Rural Kenya Nakwijit Village is an extremely rural area with very little infrastructure. The people who live here are primarily livestock and pastoralist farmers. They frequently relocate to find new water sources for their animals. Due to the nomadic nature of the community,…
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31st March 2023Avubu Primary School: Meet William!
Meet William! William Wajom-nitho (53) lives in Atido village, Nebbi district with his wife, six children, and three grandchildren. He is the chairperson of the Water User Committee, responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the borehole at Avubu Primary School. Thanks to the Soutar Charitable Trust and…
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1st October 2019New water source in Katuuso village brings clean safe water
WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) is one of our four areas of work and we believe every man, woman and child, should have access to safe and affordable drinking water. With this vision steps began to install a new water source which would provide clean safe water to the Katuuso…
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21st September 2018The beginnings of the Pink Project
In early 2017, we started the Pink Project in Uganda after raising just over £15,000 in donations and grants. High girl absence and school drop out rates stood out as a significant issue in the communities we were working in and we wanted to do something about it. The Pink…
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16th March 2018Success Multiplied
Together with community residents and our local partners, we recently completed a water and sanitation project in the community of San Juan in the Philippines that was made possible through a grant from the Big Lottery Fund. San Juan is an overpopulated and illegal squatter community in the central Filipino…
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