Centennial Middle School MN

2009-2010 School Year

2009-2010 School Year
The following letter arrived from the Tangren Family. Their Middle School, Centennial Middle School in Lino Lakes, MN completed a WASH project in Kwamalelu School in Kenya. The Tangren’s recently visited Kwamalelu. Read about their adventure!

August, 2009

Kentan safaris,

Our entire family enjoyed a whirlwind tour of Kenya’s top nature sites (Amboseli, Lake Nakuru, Masai Mara) which included the big five (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, and buffalo) and many other fascinating birds and animals.

The greatest family experience was staying with our host’s family in a rural village outside of Nairobi. There we saw the impact of H2O for Life on daily lives, both of the school our children’s school adopted and the lives in the community from other H20 for Life activities.

We experienced rural life where meals were prepared using wood and coal, water transported by hand an hour away and food grown walking distance away. For us this was similar to a camping experience. For the village, it’s a daily way of life.

This experience also helped us to greater understand the communities in rural Kenya. We experienced a very tight knit community which readily assisted others in the community.

The kids loved playing with the children in the village and sharing their favorite games from home. The entire village/community enjoyed our children and regularly greeted them with a “Wajjah” or “Jambo”.

Thank you very much for this experience.

Asante Sana,

The Tangren’s
Lino Lakes, MN USA

2008-2009 School Year
Check out the photo of a dress up event – H2O Halloween.

October 2008: Typically students at our Middle School aren’t allowed to dress up for Halloween. This year as a fundraiser for our partner schools in Bangladesh, Bolivia and Nicaragua, we allowed the kids to pay $5.00 to wear an appropriate costume to school for the day. Teachers and students participated and had a great time. We raised $2,000! Next up! T-shirt design contest and t-shirt sales before the holidays. Our goal this year is $10,000.00