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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.
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.
In Arbieto, Bolivia, climate change is making water sources more unpredictable and scarce. Water For People partnered with communities to build the Enchanted Forest tree nursery, producing tens of thousands of native seedlings that help slow rainfall, rebuild groundwater, and protect drinking water. This nature-based approach is strengthening water security one tree at a time – and creating resilience for generations.
More than 2 million people across the United States lack access to running water and basic plumbing. The reasons are not unlike many of the challenges facing every single country Water For People works within—water scarcity, pollution, structural racism, inadequate infrastructure, and climate change impacts.
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.”
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.
Meet Immaculée. She is determined to end the walk for water for future generations.
Meet Siuli. She’s a college senior in India creating a better future for young girls through access to safe water.
Meet Eleazar. A high school teacher with a passion for education, a volunteer committed to the environment, and a Water Guardian in the northern highlands of Peru.
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