A Year Later: Less Wasted Time Means Better Academic Performance!

A year ago, the community members in Butunyi waited in long lines for water every day because collecting water from the unprotected spring was time-consuming and labor-intensive.

"Due to [the] large population in our community, we could queue at the water point waiting for our turn to collect water," said 10-year-old Grivin, who we spoke to last year when we first visited the community.

"I wasted [a lot of] time in the morning before going to school and in the evening when I came back home," Grivin continued. "I went to school late, when my fellow pupils had started learning, and that was dragging back my performance at school."

Now that the spring has been protected, fetching water is much easier, which means no one has to wait for their neighbors to finish collecting water anymore.

"Collecting water from this water point is now very fast," Grivin said. "[I] am able to collect water easily very early in the morning before going to school, unlike before [the] protection when I could queue at the water point for hours before collecting water. Actually, I don't waste time for school. [The spring] has given me ample time in school, which has helped me improve in my studies."

The new water point has given Grivin a sense of security that he'd never known before. That, coupled with his improved academic performance, will help him in building his future.

"This water point has helped me have enough time in class and understand what my teachers have [been] teaching me, knowing that when I come back home, there is enough clean and safe water. I have improved in classwork, unlike before," Grivin concluded.