Project
Mawira Primary - replaced by Caphilimbule Primary (year 1)
Project Complete!
Mawira Primary School is located in the village of Mawira in Tete Province, Mozambique, which is in the southeastern part of Africa. Mawira is on the road between Tete City and Zobue and is about 45-50 km from the border near Tete City. This part of Mozambique is far from any major cities and is very rural, with the primary occupation being subsistence farming.
Mawira School has three classrooms with a population of 430 students in grades 1-7 and 12 teachers. There are currently two failing latrines built out of straw, one for the boys and one for the girls. The school desperately needs proper toilet blocks to improve the sanitation/hygiene situation. Currently the children have to bring water from home and/or walk long distances to fetch water that is usually dirty and contaminated by animals.
The project proposal includes putting in a deep bore hole well, a toilet block and implementing a hygiene education program. The school building was recently finished and the local people have made bricks to be used for building the toilet blocks. Hygiene education is essential to the well being of the children and will be facilitated by Sebber Banda, a public health nurse. She will use skits to augment her teaching.
H2O for Life is not a WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) project implementer. We have partnerships with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) implementing WASH in Schools projects around the world. Our NGO partners match funds needed for each school project. We also have a generous donor that provides us with an interest-free loan that, along with matching funds, allows for many projects to be started or possibly even completed before total funds have been raised. In rare situations we reserve the right to reallocate funds to alternate project(s).
Questions? Ask us at 651-756-7577 or info@h2oforlifeschools.org.
August 26, 2021
Toilet Blocks Complete
The COVID-19 virus led to the closing of the Mozambique border in early 2020. The closed border prevented our implementing partner, The Outreach Foundation, from getting their workers, supervisors, and...
