Schools
Picture a classroom with empty desks because children are walking for water instead of learning. Tumaini has seen this for years, and she is ready for it to change. …
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.
Yolanda loves playing soccer in her rural Bolivian community. But before her school had clean water and bathrooms, she started each day carrying heavy buckets instead of heading straight to class. Access to safe water has changed what’s possible for her – both in school and on the field.
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.
“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…
Jean is a teacher. “I like teaching! I was always excited to be a teacher,” he shares, his passion evident. Jean began his career in Kigali, spending several years teaching…
Everyone at this primary school in West Bengal, India knows that a successful student is a healthy student.
As Oscar Mejia breathes in the fresh mountain air and sips his coffee, he looks around the school that’s nestled in the verdant landscape. Oscar comes from a long line of educators and has taught children in the El Lanillal community in San Antonio de Cortes, Honduras for over 18 years. He is truly committed to helping children reach their full potential, so he’s glad his school and his community look and feel different than they did a couple years back.
Today, these five little ministers take great pride in their positions and in their school. But that wasn’t always the case. In fact, it wasn’t long ago that the school was struggling due to a lack of access to safe water and clean bathrooms.
Growing up, Santana remembers watching her neighbors carry water every day. She never gave up hope that this would change.