A Year Later: Students Have Time to Focus on Studies!

Before we installed a rain tank at Emachina Primary School last year, the water situation was challenging to say the least. Students relied on a community well that was overcrowded and far from the school.

A year ago, we spoke to teacher Wycliffe Shikwati, who said, "Sometimes pupils are forced to miss lessons at the expense of looking for water, which affects syllabus coverage, leading to poor performance among the pupils."

Timothy, a 13-year-old student at Emachina whom we recently spoke to, echoed what Wycliffe said.

"I wasted more time going a distance to fetch water," Timothy said.

But now, things have changed for Timothy. "There is no more queuing at the water point when we are fetching water," he said.

Timothy and other students have regained valuable time that they can use to concentrate on other important things, like learning. Timothy said, "[I plan] to be focused on my studies and not wasting a lot of time going for water."

Timothy (fourth boy from the left) with other students at the rain tank.