Water Blogged

To kick off 2024, the 7th grade delved into its annual Water Unit—an interdisciplinary experience using English, history, math, science, and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) to grapple with the global water crisis and the obstacles people may have in accessing clean water. “I’m hoping the students build their skills of thinking empathetically about the lives of other people, identifying problems, and collaborating to develop solutions; and I hope that they experience first-hand the impact each of them can have in the world outside our school,” said Middle School Science Teacher Barbra Chabot, who collaborated on the unit […]

Hill-Murray High School in Maplewood, MN, established its H2O for Life Club in the Fall of 2023. They recently organized their first fundraiser, dodgeball, making announcements and debuting H2O for Life for Hill-Murray! With around six teams, including a teacher team, students showed up to play and support Mlandege Primary School in Tanzania! With announcers, refs, music, organizers, and concessions, games went for around 2 hours, with students enjoying every minute and showing their true school spirit. Lots of cheering and encouragement from all! We are looking forward to continuing to work with H2O for Life! DONATE HERE

Project Review: Our implementing partner, EOS International, visited with Integración Centroamericana school leaders to assess the need to provide safe drinking water to serve the students and teachers. Since they have safe drinking water through their supply from a community water project, it was identified that the school would benefit from a combined system for the purification of water for consumption. The APF (Parents’ Association) asked EOS International to install a sistema combinado, which would provide students and teachers access to continuous safe drinking water throughout the day. The APF has provided a lot of volunteers within the community to […]

Project Review: The Jaime Martínez Guzmán School has 75 students and two teachers. The drinking water within the school was evaluated, along with the water source and the water supply in the community. The water tests came back as contaminated and unsuitable for human consumption. Locatation: Guazcupuzca: Marcala La Paz, Honduras Beneficiaries: 75 students Our implementing partner, EOS International, proposed the health, hygiene, and basic sanitation program to improve the quality of drinking water for school-age boys and girls and teachers who work within the school, along with supporting the school with the installation of a Combined Chlorination System for […]

Mawambala Secondary School is a government school located in Mawambala village in the Kilolo district of Iringa, Tanzania. The school has a total of 507 students, made up of 306 girls and 201 boys, along with 19 teachers and staff members. As with many villages and schools in Iringa, the lack of safe water for Mawambala School was a major problem. Before the installation of this borehole well, the students wasted a lot of time fetching water for domestic uses, including drinking, cleaning, and cooking. Students at Mawambala were tasked to bring water to school each morning. They fetched this […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]