A Year Later: Re-energized for learning!

In the past, the students of Matete Primary School had to get up very early to collect water from the local spring before school each morning. Not only were they tired from getting up early, but hauling heavy containers of water to school each day left them without enough energy to focus in class properly. Then, later, they would need to fetch water again since there was never enough.

"[The] lack of water in our school has been a great challenge to my academics. I used to get so tired carrying a jerrycan full of water to school, both in the morning and afternoon," said 13-year-old Mitchell N.

But since we helped install a well on the school grounds last year, things have improved for students, and their school environment is more conducive to learning.

"We now have a lot of water in school. The tiring act of carrying water to school daily is over," said Mitchell.

"Nowadays, I arrive [to] school early enough and re-energized to go through the day's lesson. I am planning to be arriving [at] school early enough and create more time to cover as much content as possible. This will, in turn, assist me to improve on my academics," concluded Mitchell.

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