A Year Later: "I can now drink enough water"

Life for students at St. Joseph Senior Secondary School used to include a daily hunt for water to meet their needs before they could think about learning. The well that students relied upon was not functional.

"Before, the water was not enough for us. We are more [than] one thousand [students] in the school. During the dry season, the water point went dry. We were unable to practice proper hygiene behavior," said 18-year-old Grace K.

But after we rehabilitated the well last year, things have improved for students, and they now trust they will have adequate water to meet their daily needs.

"With the new water point, it is protected and safe to drink. I can now drink enough water. It has never [gone] dry since the project was completed," said Grace.

"We are now practicing good hygiene behavior because of the availability of enough water," concluded Grace.

Grace and her teacher, Margret Karbo, outside the rehabilitated well.