Water Blogged

The new latrines at El Tempisque School and the new handwashing station at La Ceiba School have been completed. Thanks to Forestview Middle School, MN for supporting these projects! 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 farther with their watershed management program, which promotes water flow, increases food security, and reduces […]

The Sunga water well has been successfully completed and handed over to the school and the community. This project, constructed by H2O for Life in collaboration with Rural Health Care Initiative (RHCI) and the Sunga Community, was officially handed over during a well-attended ceremony. The event attracted various stakeholders, including community and school leaders, women, pupils, RHCI donors, and staff. Both the head teacher and the town chief of Sunga expressed their gratitude and were highly impressed with the new well, pledging to maintain the facility diligently. Moses Carter, the Project Coordinator for RHCI, highlighted the background and significance of […]

Nawangisa Primary School is located in the village of Mwendanfuko, sub-county Nabitende, in the Iganga District of Uganda. The current school enrollment is 323 girls and 358 boys. BEFORE: The school had no clean water, leaving them with two options – neither ideal. The first was a community borehole, and the second was a local swamp. The head teacher went to the local community to ask if her students could use the well. While the community agreed, this situation was far from ideal. The community near the well is large, so the students would end up standing in long lines […]

Obule Primary School is located in the Eastern Region of Uganda in the city of Soroti. H2O for Life schools previously supported a borehole well that was installed on the school property in 2014. Since the addition of this water source, the school population has risen from 864 students to 886 students who currently attend. Although the well has been working adequately, the government of Uganda has passed a law requiring all new wells to be fitted with stainless steel pipes. These pipes never rust and last a lot longer than galvanized iron pipes. Our implementing partner, Drop in the […]

Cornerstone Nursery & Primary School is a private boarding and day school in Mpigi, Uganda, serving nursery and primary students. While the school did have an existing rainwater collection system, it did not hold nearly enough water for the students and staff at this large school. Before: Students fetched water twice daily, taking 24 minutes of their valuable class time on each trip. There were no functional hand washing facilities at the school, meaning students were more prone to illness and long-term health effects. Through the provision of a rainwater collection system, hand washing stations, and water filters, the students […]

New Bore-Hole Wells were drilled at the following schools in the Gulu area of northern Uganda: – Alelelele Primary School – Koch Laminlatoo Primary School – Paminyai Primary School Alelelele Primary School is located in the Paminyai sub-county of the Nwoya district in northern Uganda. The school had a shallow well at one point, but it was not deep enough and had been broken for a long time.  The school’s pupils were getting their water from an unprotected waterhole. This water is unsafe to drink, and the school urgently needed a safe water source. The property was surveyed to find […]

Luhindo Primary School, a government institution located in Lulanza, Kilolo, Tanzania enrolls a total of 642 students across standards one to seven, including 315 girls and 327 boys. The school employs 14 teachers and staff members. Like many other villages and schools in the region, Luhindo faced a significant challenge due to the absence of safe water. At Luhindo, students used to be responsible for collecting water from different sources in the village several times a day, including from an antiquated hand-dug well. Teachers frequently accompanied them, which resulted in lost classroom time. The local water sources, often used by […]

Kilolo Secondary School, located in the Kilolo District of Iringa, Tanzania, is a government institution. It accommodates 1011 students, with a distribution of 610 girls and 401 boys across forms 1 to 4. The school employs a total of 27 staff members, comprising both teaching and non-teaching personnel. The absence of safe water at Kilolo School, like many other villages and schools in Iringa, posed a significant challenge. Students often spent considerable time, usually walking 2 km each way, to collect water for drinking, cleaning, and cooking. Additionally, they were responsible for bringing water to school every morning, often sourcing […]

Mlandege Primary School, a government institution located in the Mseke sub-village of Mlandege village in the Iringa Rural district, serves 285 students ranging from nursery to standard seven, including 140 girls and 145 boys. The school employs 10 teachers and staff members. Similar to other villages and schools in Iringa, Mlandege School faced a significant challenge due to the absence of safe water. The students spent considerable time collecting water for domestic purposes such as drinking, cleaning, and cooking. Each morning, they were required to bring a 10-liter bucket of water to school. This water was collected from various sources […]

The new machine drilled well at El Tempisque has been completed! 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 living standards of the rural poor while conserving environmental resources. El Porvenir works in remote rural villages that lack access to most basic services and are too small to receive assistance from other organizations. […]