Marion Junior School is located in Wakiso district in the Central region of Uganda. BEFORE The students have to travel 0.5 km to the nearest borehole, down a steep slope and through dense vegetation, to meet the school’s water needs, however oftentimes in the dry season the borehole has a limited and inconsistent water supply. […]
Thank you for bringing safe water to Calvary Cross Junior School, Ngalonkalu, Uganda! Check out your impact! You brought clean water to 500 people You eliminated 1.55 miles of walking per day You reduced collection time by 2.33 hours per day You replaced a Borehole or tubewell with a Rainwater Catchment System Notes: Calculations are […]
Exciting news from SLAM, our summer program: Our two groups of STEM scholars are learning about the global water crisis. As part of their service learning, they will work with H2O for Life to fund a new borehole well at Lunguma Primary School in Lobule, a large refugee camp in western Uganda. The scholars planned […]
Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the Western hemisphere. In a country where 37% of rural people have no safe drinking water (UNICEF) and 47% of the forest cover has disappeared over the last 50 years (UN Food and Agriculture Organization), these water, sanitation, and reforestation programs are a critical way to improve the […]
Katosi Church of Uganda Primary School is located in Katosi Sub County bordering Lake Victoria on the southern side. The school is surrounded by a fishing community with an estimated population of 5,200 people who rely on the lake as their main source of water. In 2019 H2O for Life funded a number of women […]