Nyaka Vocational Secondary School

Harvesting rain water is the best option to procure and store water at NVSS. Rain is harvested using water tanks. This is a cost-effective source of water because once the tanks are installed the other costs involved in maintaining them are low. Unfortunately, the girl’s dormitory at NVSS only had one water tank which split and can no longer be used. The girls that live in the dorm now have to go fetch water. Girls can face many challenges and obstacles when they have to leave the school grounds to fetch water, such as: It interferes with their time to study, a risk of accidents from vehicles and motorcycles on the busy roads, dangerous animals and snakes, water-borne illnesses, difficulty with personal sanitation and hygiene, organic matter from the stream staining their uniforms when they do laundry and being vulnerable to attacks and sexual assaults. It’s proposed to purchase two 10,000 liter water tanks for the girl’s dormitory at NVSS. Two tanks will ensure that the 109 female students attending NVSS in 2018 will not have to face the challenges of fetching water that were previously mentioned. The tanks will also provide water to future classes of girls who will live in the dorm in the years to come. Having reliable and permanent sources of water for the girls at NVSS will ensure their health and safety to stay in school and have promising futures.