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School by School Challenge 2008-2009

June, 2009 Update:

You did it! Thanks to your efforts and big hearts you along with hundreds of fellow students at schools across Canada have met and exceeded WaterCan's inaugural School by School Challenge.

Congratulations! You raised over $18,500 in support of the Clean Water for Kotetni Primary School project.

I'm sure you will be excited to hear that construction of the new rain water tanks and latrines will begin shortly. So far the students, teachers and parents have been consulted and mobilized, environmental and gender assessments have been completed and the Student Health Club is receiving training.

We hope you enjoy the slide show of Kotetni Primary below and please check back in the fall for more photos.

 

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  A view of Kotetni Primary School in Nyanza Province of western Kenya.
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  Kotetni Primary is home to 628 students between the ages of 3 and 15 years of age.
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  Female students are the ones that most often bear the burden of collecting water during school hours.
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  Fourteen year old Bonface Abira tells Andrea Helfer, WaterCan’s Public Engagement Coordinator, how excited students are about the prospect of having clean water readily available on school grounds.
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  The view from Kotetni Primary. Students often walk through these fields to fetch water at the river beyond. The river water is known to be contaminated with sewage from a local prison and can make students very ill.
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  Young children playing beside the railway tracks beside the Kotetni school grounds.
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  Health Club members Evans and Emmanuel learn about good health and hygiene practices so that they can educate their fellow students. Did you know that hand washing can reduce diarrhea by 40%. Diarrhea is responsible for the deaths of 1.5 million children every year!
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  A few of Kotetni Primary’s youngest students waiting outside their classroom.
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  Jenipher Kitegi, Kotetni Primary’s Head Teacher, described the water and sanitation challenges faced by the school. She calls WaterCan a “good Samaritan” for helping them through these challenges.”
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  Inside a classroom at Kotetni Primary School.
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  Mama Atieno preparing porridge for the pupils while Jenipher Kitegi, Head Teacher, stands by.
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  Young students at Kotetni Primary eating their morning porridge out of cups donated by WaterCan. These cups will soon be filled with clean, fresh water for drinking as well.

 

2008-2009 School by School Fundraising Challenge!

This year’s challenge is to work together to raise $15,000 to build a clean water system and toilet facilities for the boys and girls attending Kotetni Primary School in the Nyanza Province of Western Kenya.

Current Conditions:

• The 628 students (357 boys, 271 girls) aged 3-15 who attend this 9-roomed school, built 1946, presently have NO access to clean water at or near their school.
• A single six-stall latrine block in very poor condition serves the entire school both boys and girls!

Proposed Intervention:

• Two roof-top rainwater tanks
• 4-stall latrine block with adjacent hand washing facilities
• Hygiene education program