The service learning program at The Haverford School, in Haverford, PA (USA) is designed to put into action our belief that, through service to others, we can know ourselves better and make a difference in the world. We offer an extensive co-curricular volunteer program, where students have opportunities to use their talents and interests in offering valuable service to others. Volunteering in a global service project such as H2O For Life offers our faculty, staff, and students, as well as their families and the larger community, the opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of those in need.
Participating in the Walk for Water provides the second grade boys an opportunity to develop empathy for their global peers while carrying 2 gallons of water for 3 to 5 miles, to emulate what children in remote villages do on a daily basis to obtain clean potable drinking water. Haverford grade 2 boys work in tandem with our Upper School Service Learning Core to raise awareness about the plight for clean water as well as funds to build a well or latrines for primary school children like themselves.
This is our fifteenth anniversary of entering into partnership with H2O for life to provide access to clean water to remote villages and schools in Africa. Our service learning project with H2O For Life provides an opportunity for our second grade students to leave a global footprint in service to others.
