Submitted by – Leitzel Schoen Walking in the Footsteps Challenged to Access Clean, Safe Water After discussions about our summer, common read, A Long Walk to Water, student groups receive different profiles of those who struggle to access clean, safe water. This simulation activity is a part of our Experiential Ed Water Day. The simulation directs […]
Submitted by – William Lubansky Everybody gets a chance to work the store! Learning to sort, count, and keep track of inventory is a big part of running the store. Counting the money and figuring out profits is fun because you get to handle the money! As you can see by their faces, the third […]
Submitted by – Gigi Bizar Thank you for coming to our Middle School Water Warriors Fair this weekend! We raised $12,000 to go towards building clean water wells at schools in Uganda! Many thanks to all our volunteers for helping make the fair so awesome. See the video recap here “Never doubt that a small group […]
Stories submitted by – Kyle Snow Students at BHCS have really embraced our effort to fund the hand washing station at the Mosorec International Academy in Tanzania. Students have been recognizing their generous donors by adding a drop of water with their name to our display. On Thursday, May 25th, the entire school PreK through […]
The project comprised of four main components: (a) construction of 75m3 masonry rainwater storage tank including water draw-off point cum hand-washing facility for pupils; (b) installation of gutters including a simple foul-flush system; (c) construction of gender-segregated VIP latrines (blocks for girls, boys, and teachers)1; and (d) training of pupils and community on good sanitation […]
The Thar Desert of India is an under-developed and poverty impacted area of Rajasthan State in India. The region suffers severely at the hands of frequent droughts due to extremely scanty and unpredictable rainfall. The annual average rainfall is around 500 mm in the east to less than 100 mm in the west and there […]
We have had another successful year for our little social enterprise called Hearts for Humanity. Our 6th grade girls produced several items for a big sale at our school fair, Conge’, on April 22, 2017. Together with those proceeds, a couple of other sale dates, and the online donations, we have surpassed our goal of $1,500! […]
Our 3rd annual Park View Middle School Walk for Water took place on Tuesday, May 30th. We had 24 students walk to raise awareness and funds to support Gamachu Primary School in Ethiopia.
On June 3rd, the students at White Bear Lake schools participated in our 1st annual WBLAS Water Symposium. The event included student presentations and videos on water conservation, a presentation by a DNR hydrologist, a presentation done by CLIMB Theater, and other educational workshops. Thank you to all our presenters and the students who prepared […]
These boys from Salem Hills Elementary asked if they could participate in their Walk for Water without shoes to experience what the girls at their partner school, Nasaruni Academy for Maasai Girls in Kenya, feel every day on their long journey for water. – Submitted by Jean White