Water Blogged

At Matoska International, the students are eager to change the world for the better by providing access to clean water and sanitation to those who need it. The Water Warriors is an extracurricular group for students who are leading their school’s H2O for Life project. Students apply by writing an essay about why they want to become “Water Warriors.” Many of the students wrote in their essays about how they really enjoyed participating in Matoska’s past Walks for Water and how they are excited to be leaders this school year as fifth graders! You can read through some of their […]

The students at Bluff Creek Elementary made a significant impact on the lives of others last year. This short video highlights the different components of their project and the impact they made in communities in Uganda and Ghana last year. We are excited to join them and the SPARK! Lab next month at their annual STEM Festival! We hope this video brings a smile to your face like it did ours.

St. Joseph’s Primary School, located in Nawankonge Village, Iganga District, Uganda, currently has 629 students (286 girls & 343 boys). The school has had a severe lack of safe water for many years, as the nearest water source was a community well that is two-thirds of a mile away. Because the well is also used […]

Bulumwaki Primary School is located in the Iganga district of eastern Uganda and currently has 733 students (346 girls & 387 boys). Their typical water source had been a hand-dug well that produced no water during the dry season. This presented major challenges for the school; they urgently needed a deep borehole well to provide […]

Ongai Primary School, located in Okura Village, Nwoya District, Uganda, currently has 577 students (265 girls & 312 boys). The school has had a severe lack of safe water for many years with the nearest working well being over a mile away. The route to the water source is also alongside and requires crossing, a […]