Women Water Warriors

While traveling in Uganda with H2O for Life, our group visited Rushaga School in Bwindi Uganda. We were impressed with the collaborative community spirit. The women, men and children of Rushaga work together to enhance the welfare of every community member. The women's collaborative creates crafts that are sold at the base of the Gorilla Trek, the community funds an orphanage, the school, noon-time meals for children and more. We noticed that the school does not have access to adequate and safe water. The addition of a tank and gutters to collect rainwater is a simple solution. (Nothing about getting supplies to Rushaga is simple, but it can be done!)

WorldWalkers

The children that go to the Chub Romdeng Primary School do not have access to clean and safe water. To understand the work and effort they put in each day to have water to drink as a community we will walk together to help raise money for a WASH project. Women and children spend on average 8 hours a day collecting water, which takes away time from an education that creates well informed citizens who contribute to advancing their society. If women and children have the assurance of having clean water, families will be healthier and have a greater ability to have a steady income. This walk is raising awareness for suffering countries all around the world who do not have access to clean water. As a community when we walk for water, we will not only understand the difficulties of carrying water, but it will also help raise awareness about the importance of conserving water.

Wright Technical Center

When our students learned about the hardships that less fortunate societies experience they wanted to help. They are concerned that there is such a high mortality rate and disease rate because of contaminated drinking water and lack of sanitation. Good clean drinking water is something is something that we take for granted because it is readily available and inexpensive. They think everyone should have access to healthy water so they decided to get involved when they learned about H2O for Life.

Wristsponsible

We are a social enterprise that sources and sells artisan craft goods, and then reinvests the profits into water charities. We strive to empower youth at home and abroad to do more water projects around the world! Baby steps can lead to giant leaps! To learn more check out www.Wristsponsible.com or follow us @Wristsponsible

Wyandotte Schools

We are Wyandotte High School in Wyandotte, Oklahoma. We are hoping to show our students that they can make a difference for others outside of our small rural town.

Wyoming Elementary

The student council at Wyoming Elementary does several service projects during the school year. Traditionally the projects that we have done have been for our local community. This project was brought to our attention by a group from St. Paul Lutheran Church, a local church mission group that visited Mtera in Tanzania. Former Wyoming Elementary students were part of the group visiting Tanzania. They came back very enthusiastic about digging a new well at Mtera. The Wyoming Elementary student council was excited to be part of this global opportunity after hearing about the drinking water conditions at Mtera Secondary School. The pastor painted a great picture for us by telling us about seeing monkeys playing in the water tower there, and waiting in line for a great length of time to get a small amount of dirty water in her water bottle.

Wyoming Middle School

Young Women's Group (Fridley High...

The Young Women's Group is a group of young women who are currently in the 12th grade at Fridley High School. The group has existed since their 7th grade year. This group of young women are working to establish a space where women and girls hold the power to create and lead a safe, prosperous life.