Water Blogged

Dokolo Kamuda Primary School is located in the Eastern Region of Uganda in the city of Soroti. H2O for Life schools previously supported a borehole well that was installed on the school property in 2014. Since adding this water source, the school population has risen from 335 students to 376 currently attending. Although the well had been working adequately, the government of Uganda has passed a law requiring all new wells to be fitted with stainless steel pipes. These pipes never rust and last a lot longer than galvanized iron pipes. Our implementing partner, Drop in the Bucket, has been […]

Kabuli Borehole Drilled! Kabuli Primary School is located in a village named Bukwaya, which is in the Iganga district of Uganda. The school has 210 boys and 237 girls, but we anticipate those numbers going up now that they have a source of clean water. Our implementing partner, Drop in the Bucket, recently drilled a new well to provide safe water for Kabuli students on the school grounds. The closest water source was a borehole well used by the local community, located about half a mile from the school. Once the children arrived at the well, they had to wait […]

On February 12, H2O for Life’s Education Project Manager, Judy Onufer, was invited to be a guest speaker for a class at Simley High School in Inver Grove Heights, MN.  Colleen Parker’s class of 10th and 11th-grade students learned about the global water crisis and the biographies of 6 women in the STEAM fields who have made a difference for communities around the world facing water resource issues.  Judy also engaged the students in some fascinating hands-on science activities that illustrated the dynamics of water surface tension. Simley High School is raising funds to support safe water for families in the […]

Destiny Solutions Academy/Kava Mama Primary School is a private day and boarding school located in Kitui County of the Republic of Kenya. Today there are 59 pupils – 28 boys and 31 girls. The school has 8 streams/groups which are managed by 9 teachers. The school performs very well both academically and in sports. The pupils in this school participate in various activities during a typical day. The students are engaged in learning activities from 8:20 am to 3:10 pm, including Mathematics, English, Kiswahili, Science, Socials studies, CRE, Music, and Physical Exercise. They participate in various activities during their game […]

Little Flower Pre School is located in the Kilolo district of Iringa, Tanzania. The school has a total of 238 students, along with nine teachers and staff members. As with many villages and schools in Iringa, the lack of safe water available to Little Flower School was a major problem. The school would sometimes pay for jugs of water, but they usually could not afford to do so. During the rainy season, the staff, parents, and sometimes young students used to waste a lot of time fetching water for domestic uses, including drinking, cleaning, and cooking. During the dry season, […]