Two Generations
GS student teaches family how to construct and use drying rack to keep eating utensils clean.

Our strategy is critical to the success of the Girls' School development programmes for several reasons:

- Parents are more supportive of their daughters' schooling if the family can reap benefits almost immediately; otherwise, the girls' absence is often viewed as lost labor.

- The girls are more apt to succeed in developing themselves and their households in the context of a supportive family environment.

- Achieving integrated rural development in the areas of income, health and social relations is a complex task that requires commitment and action from the individual, family and community.

In 1989, Nsungwa, 52 years old, mother of five, woke up one day to find her husband gone, leaving her to provide for their family on their 2.5-acre piece of land. She managed to look after the children, but could not educate them all because of lack of income. In 2000, her daughter joined URDT Girls' School in Primary 5. She planted sugarcane and green vegetables for her Back-Home Project. The whole family was involved. Even when her daughter was away at school, Nsungwa wanted to make the project a success. As a result, Nsungwa sold the sugarcane, increased her savings and constructed a better house with iron sheets and better walls. Their diet is also complemented by the green vegetables and eggplant initiated by her daughter. Nsungwa hopes to earn more money from the sugarcane to cement the floor of her house and feed her children well.