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High School Fellow Camila Presents at NHS/Student Council Conference in Chicago
H2O for Life was a sponsor of this year’s National Student Council and National Honor Society conference. It was held in Chicago and student leaders from around the world were in attendance. We hosted an exhibit booth and delivered a session talking with youth about how to lead service projects addressing the water crisis at their schools.
One of the people who spoke during the session was our very own high school fellow alumni, Camila, who led a project at her school in Costa Rica that helped provide access to two schools in Nicaragua with our implementing partners El Porvenir! She shared her expierence with the program, how it positvely impacted her, and why she thinks others should participate with H2O for Life. We were also able to hand deliver her certificate for participating in the fellowship program!
Thanks so much to Camila for being an inspiration to other students around the world and to NASSP for letting us participate in this incredible event! If you want to get your school involved with a project like Camila’s, explore our website and reach out.
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Ghana is located in West Africa and is sandwiched between Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and Togo. The northern border is the country Burkina Faso and the southern border is the Gulf of Guinea. The country is slightly smaller than the state of Oregon. The landscape consists mainly of plains and low plateaus covered by rainforests in the west and Lake Volta in the east.Children in Ghana begin two years of kindergarten at age four. Then all children ages 6-12 attend six years of elementary education. If families can afford it, children go on to secondary education. Ghana’s school system is more advanced than many of its African neighbors.There are over 50 different ethnic groups in Ghana, each with their own customs and languages. But the country is harmonious and peaceful. The Akan tribe is the largest group and makes up about 45 percent of the population. They live mostly in villages and grow their food on farms.Our implementing partner, Water4, is planning the construction of 14 safe water points for schools in 6 communities in Ghana. In addition to the students enrolled, 5 to 8 teachers are living on or near each school campus and will also have access to the piped water resource. By providing safe water for teachers and staff, more teachers are willing to stay in these more rural areas rather than transferring to a more urban school district.
