Water Blogged

Buyubu Primary School is located in the Iganga District of Uganda. The school has a current enrollment of 711 students (343 girls and 368 boys). Buyubu Primary did not have its own water source, so the students were made to fetch water, multiple times per day, from a community well located at a local trading center 1 km away. The school’s headteacher hired a laborer to fetch water for the school, which worked for a while, but it turned out to be unsustainable as the school soon ran out of money. The long walk and long wait times at the […]

Founded in 1982, Kankalay Islamic School is an infant, primary, and secondary school in Sierra Leone. This WASH intervention at Kankalay was recently completed and is currently serving a total of 1,800 students with safe water access. The school originally had a hand-dug well on site that was dispensing contaminated water, contributing to illness in the community. To replace that, our implementing partner, Water4, installed their NUMA piped water system. A NUMA network includes a solar-powered central NEXUS station with filtration & pumping technology and up to four NODE extensions linked to the NEXUS to serve as satellite water distribution […]

The new handwashing intervention at El Arado in Nicaragua has been successfully completed! We believe all people deserve clean water, safe sanitation, and the knowledge to sustain it for future generations. Our implementing partner, El Porvenir, partners with the people of Nicaragua so that they can build a better future for themselves through the sustainable development of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) education projects. They also take it a step further with their watershed management program, which promotes water flow, increases food security, and reduces the impact of climate change. Clean drinking water for all Nicaraguans, no matter how remote […]

Immaculate Conception Junior High School, OH students planned a Walk for Water to raise money to help two schools in Ghana that are in need of clean water. The students read the book “A Long Walk to Water” and learned a lot about the importance of having clean drinking water. – The following updates have been provided by the Immaculate Conception School September 25, 2023: “Students have spread the word about the upcoming Walk for Water, and pledges are coming in!!!  Students and Staff are very excited about the upcoming Walk for Water event on October 12th.  Students are working […]

The new latrines at San Nicolás have been successfully completed! We believe all people deserve clean water, safe sanitation, and the knowledge to sustain it for future generations. Our implementing partner, El Porvenir, partners with the people of Nicaragua so that they can build a better future for themselves through the sustainable development of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) education projects. They also take it a step further with their watershed management program, which promotes water flow, increases food security, and reduces the impact of climate change. Clean drinking water for all Nicaraguans, no matter how remote or how bad […]