Water Blogged

Bukwaya Primary School is located in the Iganga district of Uganda. The school has a pair of rainwater harvesting tanks that work great during and immediately after the rainy season but remain empty most of the year. BEFORE: The most often-used water source was a community well almost a mile away. Due to the lack of safe water sources in the area, the lines at the community well are always long, and the students miss a lot of class time walking to and from the well. Community members also waiting in line for the water often get upset at the […]

The UV Filtration system installed at Kampala School for the Physically Handicapped (KSPH) is solar-powered and supplied by water from a 5000-liter rainwater collection tank located approximately 1.5m from the kitchen. The filtration system is activated by a solar switch connected to a solar panel on the kitchen rooftop. When the switch is turned ON, water from the rainwater collection tank is pumped into the filtration system, which comprises the sediment filter, carbon block filter and the ultraviolet (UV) chamber or stainless steel chamber. First, water enters the sediment filter where dirt particles are removed. It then flows to the […]

The festivities that surround the end of the school year are in full rigor here at The Haverford School. Field days, class trips, final presentations, move up days, and graduations bring a sense of finality to the academic year. Many of our prospective high school graduates remark about the Walk for Water as they reflect on their years at The Haverford School. The significance of the event is not lost to time, it is clearly etched in the hearts and minds of those young men that previously “Walked the Walk”. We kicked off our campaign for H2O for Life on […]

At Quail Valley Elementary in Palmdale, CA, the 5th grade Special Day Class (SDC) students engaged in a Project-Based Learning Unit centered on the scarcity and importance of water. In this project, students investigated the concept of self-awareness concerning their environmental footprint and the effects of their choices and behaviors on the environment. They collected data on their families’ consumption of natural resources, such as gallons per minute. Through this exploration, students gained an understanding of the significance of self-awareness and the influence of our decisions and actions on our natural surroundings. For their H2O for Life project, the students […]

Bulunda Primary School is located in Mpigi, Uganda, along the shores of Lake Victoria. BEFORE: Students and teachers struggled daily to find a safe space to ‘go’. This caused absence and health issues both from youth and teachers which affected education, poverty, and female health needs. There were no handwashing facilities and because they were so desperate for space, they created a barrier with leaves and poles behind a latrine for children to urinate. This was not clean or safe, especially as many children lack shoes and disease can and does spread easily. AFTER: Our implementing partner, Drink Local Drink […]