A Year Later: Free From Waterborne Diseases!

Marie, 16, shared what it was like before her school had a new well installed last year. "It was very challenging as [a] pupil coming to this school during those dark days before this project was completed. Our school is located in a lonely place and for us to have water to drink during school hours was very difficult. It was affecting our learning and the hygiene in the school was very poor to the extent that some [of] our colleagues used to [be] sick [with] cholera due to the water we were drinking in the community."

But since the well was installed last year, Marie and her classmates have had access to clean water consistently. "I am feeling good because I have access to clean and safe drinking water. We are free from waterborne diseases and our hygiene has improved greatly because we have [this] water facility in our school compound. We do not go out to buy water during school hours anymore and we are happy as pupils and [a] community as a whole."