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Phaiyce has persevered to reach secondary school. At 14, she’s preparing to take exams this year. Yet millions of students won’t reach this point in their education as they drop out due to poor school water, sanitation, and hygiene.
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Emilienne Ahobantegeye began noticing a pattern with her children. “I used to see multiple cases of disease and frequently visited the local health center to treat my children. I attribute this to a lack of hygiene,” she says. That realization motivated Emilienne to make a change.
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In a remote community in Bolivia, a small school sits tucked between rolling hills. Dots on the hillside grow and turn to children as they approach, their voices and laughter…
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Meet Lennie, a passionate young woman whose journey with Water For People began in 2015, when she was only 11 years old. That was the year Water For People built bathrooms, handwashing facilities, and menstrual hygiene management units to support students’ sanitation and hygiene needs at Lennie’s school, Chilomoni Primary.
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“I’ve been to schools where the situation is bad.” Prossy is a seventh-grade student in Uganda. She’s seen what it’s like when schools don’t have water or usable bathrooms. Prossy lives…
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Many of us never think twice about our toilet. But as of 2022, almost half of the world’s population lacks safely managed sanitation.
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Climate change affects water and sanitation access for people worldwide through more devastating weather events and associated floods, droughts, storms, and landslides. From too much, too little, or too polluted water,…
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Growing up in rural Bolivia, Inés experienced the tension between her dreams for the future and the stark reality around her. “We had to limit our water use since it needed to last the whole month – we reused as much as possible. And because we didn’t have toilets, we would walk to look for remote places in the mountains and hills.”
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Driven by wanting a different future for her daughters, Teresa organized the effort to get clean water to all the families in her community in Guatemala.
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Meet Finalisi. She’s a mother of four, a farmer, and a volunteer with an absolutely critical role: making sure clean water is available every day.
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