Nsanyuse okulaba! Welcome!

The Village Health Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established by a small group of undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

After returning home from a three week nutrition-based study abroad program to Uganda, supported by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the students decided they wanted to something to improve health and nutrition in the communities that they visited.  Through funding from the Wisconsin Idea Fellowship, their ideas have become reality.

The goal of the project is to promote health and nutrition through the construction of rainwater collection tanks.  Future Uganda study abroad participants will collaborate with local community members to build the tanks in a rural village, providing a clean source of water where it is much needed.  Through a new service-learning component of the study abroad program, UW students will be able to give something back to the communities that welcomed them, shared Ugandan life with them, and taught them so much during their visit.

To learn more about the Village Health Project, please click on the links at the top of this page.  You, too, can become involved by joining the Village Health Project or by making a tax deductible donation.