A Year Later: "Life has greatly changed."

Before we installed a rain tank at Kikumuni Boys Secondary School, both students and teachers experienced hardships due to water scarcity, from water-related illnesses to unclean environments.

“Initially, we experienced a lot of challenges pertaining [to] water," said 18-year-old student, Willy N.

"Drinking water was not always available. Also food couldn’t be cooked well. Our hygiene was very poor, from our utensils to the classes. Many students often visited the hospital due to stomach upsets stirred up by taking (drinking) unclean water."

But now that the school finally has adequate water for all its needs, the school is improving every day.

"Now, life has greatly changed as we have clean and adequate water for drinking, cooking, and maintaining our hygiene," Willy continued. "We spend little time getting water from the water tank, unlike the bygone days [when] we used to wait for bowsers to deliver water for us."

Without having to rely on outside sources for their water, students are able to focus their attention within school grounds.

“As a member of [our school's] environmental club, we managed to plant more trees in our compound, which are shading the school and beautifying it, too. I can now concentrate more on my studies since I have no worries of where I will get clean water from. We also learn in [a] clean environment as we clean our classes using water from our tank.”