Water Blogged

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]