Written by long time friend of H2O for Life, Gary Woeltge Five years ago I had the pleasure of being in Mesa Arizona to visit Porter Elementary School as they were preparing for their first H2O for Life “Walk for Water”. Amber Marquez did an incredible job of enlisting the support of the school’s leadership, […]
Submitted by – Geralyn Kersey Reaching Out to Community Organizations During the month of April, small groups of students went to the monthly meetings of local community organizations: St. Vincent de Paul, Rosary Society, Catholic Daughters, K of C and solicited funds for the cause. Each group prepared their own slide show and explained the […]
Submitted by- Abington Junior High Hello everyone! This is the Abington Junior High School Destination Imagination team and we have chosen to help the Kyeshero Secondary & Vocational School raise funds to install a tap for a piped spring-fed gravity water system to provide sufficient water. It will be used for all year for drinking, […]
Clean Drinking Water Starts with Me! Thank you to all the students who took the time to design a creative poster for our “Clean Drinking Water Starts with Me!” Poster Contest this year. We received over 1300 entries from 50 schools across the State of Minnesota. We applaud every K-12 student that submitted a poster […]
This WASH project has raised the school profile and enrollment has started increasing, since the students in this school will no longer be required to carry water to school for drinking or cleaning, it is anticipated that performance in both county and national examinations will improve. The following are the main project components: · […]