South Sudan School 4 (2024)
Our implementing partner, Water for South Sudan's, operations teams are based in Wau and work in remote villages in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan. These isolated villages have extremely limited access to clean water, and often can only access contaminated water that will lead to sickness or even death. WFSS works with local governments and community leaders to determine the placement of wells. The goal is to create sustainable systems, incorporating well maintenance and training as part of the installation of a well.
St. Gerald Sasala Primary School
St Gerald Sasala Primary School is a public school sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Kakamega. The school is located in Kakamega County at Malava Sub County. The school started in January 2001 to cater to needy children. It began with three classrooms with a nursery, standard one and two (classes). At it's start, the school had a total of 27 pupils, three teachers, and one cook. Currently, the school is among the best top primary schools in Kakamega County. The school has an enrollment of 515 pupils with 21 teachers.
St. Paul's Primary School
St. Paul's Primary School in Zomba District, Malawi, has an extremely large enrollment of 2,665 students and only 24 teachers with a sprawling campus of 15 classrooms. Students walk to school from as far as a 7km distance. In the overcrowded classrooms, students sit on the floor as there are no desks to accommodate them.
St. Pius Primary School
St. Pius Primary School in Zomba District, Malawi, was established by the Catholic Mission in the village in 1935. The school has an extremely large campus including 7 classroom blocks, 15 classrooms and 30 teachers for a massive enrollment of 2,500 students. As the 15 classrooms are not sufficient for the school attendance size, 6 classes are held outside under nearby trees. Students walk to school from as far as 3km distance.
WASH for Batey Communities
The Dominican Republic is home to approximately 230 rural communities known as “bateyes” set up around state-run sugar mills, which once formed the economic backbone of this small Caribbean nation. The bateyes are socioeconomically isolated communities previously built by the government on sugar cane plantations to house cane cutters, mostly from neighboring Haiti. Today, both Haitians and their offspring and Dominicans live in the bateyes in extreme poverty with limited access to essential services, including clean drinking water—a fundamental human right. Estimates of the populations living and working in these bateyes vary, from 200,000 to more than 1 million, and represent between 7% and 12% of the total population of the Dominican Republic. Despite their size and fundamental role in the Dominican economy, however, batey populations suffer excessively from economic isolation, extreme poverty, and water insecurity. An indicator of this greater water insecurity is that rates of childhood-related and waterborne diseases, primarily diarrhea, within the bateyes are considered three times higher than outside the bateyes. Moreover, children born of undocumented Haitian parents in the bateyes are also undocumented. They cannot attend higher levels of schooling, leading to adverse circumstances and failures. The vulnerable population also suffers from many other diseases, including HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis, hypertension, diabetes, malnutrition, parasitic infections, cancers, etc.The Monte Plata province is the fourth poorest province in the country, with 84% of its population living in poverty [of a total population of 180,376 (2002) and a density of 69 people per km2]. Two out of three households risk contamination during water handling due to using dirty or inadequate containers or during transportation and storage at home. The prevalence of diarrhea is 29.1%, with the highest prevalence among children 6 to 11 and 12 to 23 months of age, at 39% and 42%, respectively. These statistics are likely to be even higher within the province's bateyes and explain why batey residents are more affected by water insecurity than those outside bateyes. If left unaddressed, this level of water insecurity could increase the vulnerability of these communities to preventable waterborne diseases and inhibit the academic growth of schoolchildren.
Water for Nasaruni Girls – 2024
For over 10 years, Nasaruni has been nurturing girls from the surrounding and far-reaching rural villages. They have grown to graduate from primary school, and now we built a high school so that they can keep to school. Parents have come to truly embrace the education at Nasaruni because it supports their cultural values and traditions in so many tangible and real ways. Nasaruni girls celebrate Maasai culture through dance, language, beadwork, food, and folktales. Most importantly, the parents in the community chose the values of the school themselves so that they trust Nasaruni to raise their daughters. Nasaruni Academy is helping girls and their families to write a new future full of hope, health, empowerment and success. Started by a local Maasai woman and her husband, the Academy and Secondary School are providing a chance for education to over 200 girls currently.Nasaruni Academy is situated 9km west of Narok, in the southwestern region of Kenya. According to Moses Sayo, School Director, the Nasaruni community is predominantly Maasai, who are pastoralists with some sporadic practice of small-scale farming. The area surrounding the school consists of approximately 7000 families. Some of the main challenges faced include the illiteracy rates and poverty. If you come to Narok and turn down a dusty, pot-holed road outside of town, you will travel 1 kilometer past ramshackle sheds and smiling shop clerks… to find a magical place where dreams come true, laughter and serious study unite. Here, girls are nourished, educated, and thoroughly transformed as they grow into young women of purpose and confidence in the Maasai community. Welcome to Nasaruni Academy for Maasai Girls in Narok, Kenya!
WBL Rotary Collaboration
New Bore-Hole Wells at the following schools in Uganda:Alelelele Primary SchoolKoch Laminlatoo Primary SchoolPaminyai Primary School