Giving Update: DEC Makassa Primary School

"It was challenging to get water in the school in the dry season when the pump gets dried. The student will go all the way to the stream to get water for their classrooms, which sometimes leads them to be late for classes. Even in the previous pump, it was hard to get water during the dried season because there was not sufficient water in the pump to supply the school not to talk about the community," said Jatu Bah.

"It is effortless now to get water from this well. Presently the pump's handle is very soft and easy to swing. The students now have clean, safe, and available water in the school. And this has impacted our lives greatly in the area of safe drinking water and also the sanitation aspect of the school environment."

"As a teacher, this water point has helped me to control the pupils from going out frequently to fetch water to drink. Now there is water in all of the classrooms I can now teach with no disturbance of pupils going out and in."

Jatu Bah

"I don't go to school late anymore, and my performance in class has grown positively. It has helped me activated my academic excellence, which was dropped due to not having time to study," said 13-year-old student Zainab.

Zainab