Giving Update: Eshisenye Girls Secondary School

The rain tank and sanitation facilities at Eshisenye Girls Secondary School have resulted in impressive and massive changes over the last year. The school is experiencing nothing but good progress in every sector, and the school environment is well kept. This has improved the aesthetic value of the school compound, which has made the school an attraction center and led to increased student enrollment.

Students here are experiencing good health status as they are accessing clean and safe water for consumption. The school has also improved in academic performance as students have ample time to attend to all lessons satisfactorily. All these changes are making the entire school shine and every neighboring school wants to be like it.

A glimpse at how the rain tank looks at Eshisenye Girls Secondary School is a clear indication of this group's serious need for the project. They have maintained all the
installed facilities so well, and put into practice what they were taught during the health, hygiene, and sanitation training. "This is just amazing," reported Field Officer Jacklyne Chelagat.

High-five for clean water! Principal Mildred Were Osore with Field Officer Jacklyne Chelagat at the rain tank

The school environment is well-maintained and one admires how students, staff, and visitors alike are able to freely interact and be comfortable, able to stay in the school compound as much as possible without having to leave to fetch water. The beautiful smiles of all we saw depicted satisfaction and contentment all around.

Principal Mildred Were Osore at the rain tank, with students smiling in the background

School Principal Mildred Were Osore shared her powerful story of the impacts she has seen these projects make on her students and school since last year.

"As a school, we are humbled to have been one of the beneficiaries of The Water Project. The [rain tank] has created a good name in [this] society and everybody would wish to associate with us. The implementation of the project has increased the population of the school, [and] it has improved the hygiene and sanitation of the school thus promoting good health among the students. It has also gone a long way to drastically reduce student absenteeism thus causing the performance of the school to improve significantly...The project has created a good rapport with other schools thus promoting exchange programs."

Student Everline Busolo with Jacklyne and Principal Osore at the rain tank

One student at Eshisenye Girls Secondary School, 18-year-old Everline Busolo, echoed Principal Osore's thoughts.

"The implementation of the water project in this school has positively impacted...the entire school at large. Accessing clean and safe water has resulted [in a] reduction in [the] contraction of water-related diseases and this has boosted the health of the students. Absenteeism due to [waterborne] sicknesses is [in] the past and this has impacted positively [our] academic performance. Cleanliness has improved as there is enough water...Additionally, The Water Project has created a great passion of learning in every student and we are anticipating getting the best grades in order to join university. May our good God bless The Water Project."

Everline with Jacklyne at the rain tank