Our implementing partner, Lifewater International’s, program in Bensa, Ethiopia aims to serve 50,000 children and families living in very remote and rural villages. The average amount of time women and children spend fetching water every day is 2-5 hours. The amount of water an individual uses every day is 2.1 gallons. Bensa is an area […]
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 […]
Sisters4Water, Ella and Mabel, were the keynote speakers at H2O for Life’s annual Water Ball on Saturday in beautiful Minneapolis, Minnesota. This year’s theme was “The Stories We Tell.” The girls designed a dynamite slide show and gave a keynote speech celebrating their nine years of water activism, philanthropy, and potholder weaving. They received a […]
Welcome back to school! See what’s new at H2O for Life in 2018.
Rainwater Collection Tank: Good Parent Junior School, Nakisamata LC1 Check out your impact! – You brought clean water to 462 people – You eliminated 8.03 miles of walking per day – You reduced collection time by 266.67 hours per day – You replaced a Borehole or tubewell with a Rainwater Catchment System Notes: – Calculations are based the on number of 20 liter jerrycans used each day […]