A Year Later: Reaching Goals!

When we first visited SLMC Primary School, the school's well was not able to provide sufficient water for the students and staff, which sent students off the school campus to collect water from unprotected sources, which often made them sick.

"Before this time, the school pump was not giving out water during the dry season. As a result of that, we [had] to go all the way outside the school compound to find water to drink," said 12-year-old Khadija S.

But last year, the well was rehabilitated, providing sufficient water to meet all of the school's needs. Now, no one has to worry about becoming ill from drinking water.

"We don't go out of the school compound [anymore] just to find water, which has helped us greatly [to] not have sicknesses like cholera and diarrhea," said Khadija.

"Drinking pure and safe drinking water has tremendously helped the school as [a] whole to reach their goals," concluded Khadija.