Bright futures in Kenya start with safe water
The school master of Solidarity Primary School discusses how safe water taps on her campus have improved education opportunities for her Kenyan community
The schoolmaster at Solidarity Primary School understands the link between access to safe water and having the time and health for school. This is why she prioritized safe water and sanitation solutions for her students.
Children can fill their bottles and cups at the drinking fountains on campus.
When children don’t have access to water at home, they are often responsible for collecting it for their families. Sharing the burden with their mothers, children around the world spend 200 million hours each day collecting water. This takes time away from school. Likewise, poor sanitation keeps kids, especially girls, from being able to go to school. When schools offer both safe water and improved sanitation on site, attendance often increases.
A young girl focuses on classwork before lunch break at Solidarity Primary School.
Girls who lack access to safe water and sanitation at home or at school face significant challenges. Compounded by the fact that their safety and health are at risk when they have no choice but to defecate in the open, menstruation poses another reason why girls in impoverished, water-insecure communities do not go to school. Access to water and sanitation changes this. Today, Solidarity Primary School has just as many female students as male, indicating a bright, equitable future is possible for this community.
Assistants at the school use water from the new taps to wash student dishes after breakfast
Students work diligently as they solve mathematic equations
You can help make lasting safe water solutions possible for more students, families, and communities in need, in Kenya, and around the world. Donate monthly to Water.org.
