We are teaching mission awareness in our youth, along with Catholic Social Teaching to instill how important water is and prompt Catholic Social Justice. It was another successful Water Walk! Thank you to all the #waterwarriors for supporting the three schools we are working to help in Africa. Be watching for another walk next year […]
H2O for Life spent the weekend connecting with Social Studies teachers from all over the nation at the National Conference for Social Studies. Over the course of the two day conference we had the opportunity to talk with educators about how they are molding global citizens in their classrooms. There is a lot of excitement […]
During the 2017-18 school year, H2O for Life Schools raised funds to support the drilling of 4 new wells for the Palabek Refugee Settlement in Northern Uganda. Read about the situation below. Every day, between 2,000 and 4,000 people cross the border from South Sudan to Northern Uganda seeking nothing more than survival. Since […]
Mutanga Primary School is located in Nyandarua County, Kenya. The climate is classified as semi-arid tropics with two rainy seasons (March-May) and (November-December). The school population is made up of 144 girls, 126 boys and 11 teachers. BEFORE: Pupils fetch water from a seasonal stream about 300m away during the wet season, but there is […]
Students have started reading the book, “A Long Walk to Water” this week. No matter how many times I have read this book, it is just as powerful of a read as the last. I love reading this with students for the first time, as it truly brings perspective about how lucky we are to […]