Project

Ibaning’ombe Primary School

Tanzania 260 beneficiaries Kilolo
$2,860 needed (100%)
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 Ibaning’ombe Primary School serves 252 students and 8 staff members in the Kilolo District of Iringa Region, Tanzania. The school currently operates without an on-site water source, severely compromising student health, dignity, and academic outcomes.
The absence of an on-site water supply at Ibaning’ombe Primary School has created critical challenges across three main areas:
  • Health & Disease Risks: Students are currently required to fetch water from an untreated stream 1.5 kilometers away. Consuming this contaminated water exposes the entire school community to dangerous waterborne illnesses, including diarrhea, typhoid, and cholera.
  • Sanitation & Menstrual Hygiene Management: Without water, school latrines cannot be cleaned regularly, creating unsanitary conditions. Furthermore, the lack of proper handwashing facilities and dedicated water for menstrual hygiene forces adolescent girls to miss school during their periods, directly worsening the gender attendance gap.
  • Academic Loss: Children spend hours each day carrying heavy water containers across long distances instead of being in the classroom. The physical exhaustion and lost instruction time directly contribute to lower concentration and declining academic performance.
The primary goal of this project is to ensure that the students at Ibaning’ombe Primary School have access to clean water. In collaboration with our implementing partner, St. Paul Partners, we will install a shallow borehole well equipped with a hand pump within the school premises. This initiative guarantees that students will have sufficient safe water, thereby increasing their classroom study time. Moreover, the availability of clean water is expected to greatly improve the health of not only students and teachers but also community members in the surrounding area.

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