Recently, Cecilia Allen, an educator from HB Woodlawn School in Arlington, Virginia sent us the following email: “I thought you’d appreciate this…Today as I was asking kids to tell me of their weekend exploits, several commented on having spent Saturday taking the SAT exam. When I lamented them having to give up a weekend day to testing, […]
On Saturday, September 15th we hosted our 3rd annual Water Ball in White Bear Lake. Over 330 guests joined us to celebrate youth engagement in support of the global water crisis. In addition to indulging in a sumptuous dinner from Donatelli’s, divine chocolates from Manitou Station, and sweet apple pie from Pine Tree Apple Orchard, […]
On June 5th, I was invited to a liturgy mass celebration for Holy Spirit School, located in St. Paul, MN. The K-8 students at Holy Spirit, led by Principal Mary Adrian and her amazing staff worked throughout the school year to convey a message of social justice and the importance of water for all. Students […]
It’s official! H2O for Life Schools have concluded fund-raising for the 2011-12 school year. 206 US, Canadian and schools from around the world joined us to partner with 106 schools in developing countries that requested funding for water, sanitation and hygiene education implementation (WASH in Schools.) Our schools donated $420,000 for WASH this school year. […]
H2O for Life is collaborating on 15 projects in Tanzania and 15 projects in Malawi. It is a collaboration including WASRAG, Rotary International; P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water; H2O for Life and Africare, the implementing NGO. Recently, Nancy Gilbert, a representative from WASRAG with Rotary International visited Dodoma to visit several of the projects. Please […]