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Health and Hygiene Training participants at Kalanga Primary School
Health and Hygiene Training participants at Kalanga Primary School
Health and Hygiene Training participants at Kalanga Secondary School
Health and Hygiene Training participants at Kalanga Secondary School
Health and Hygiene Training participants at Kalulu  Primary School
Health and Hygiene Training participants at Kalulu Primary School
Health and Hygiene Training participants at Kamulalani Primary School
Health and Hygiene Training participants at Kamulalani Primary School
The People of 4 Schools in Mwingi, Kenya, thank
Anonymous Donor (Calgary, AB)

For helping them complete health & hygiene training

A message from the community

I write to thank you for your visit to our school. We are grateful or your visit and continuous support. We appreciate your concern for the health of our students and your offer to create awareness about their health and hygiene.

John Mwangangi, Community Leader

Some community details (provided by our in-country partners)

Mwingi region in Kenya's Kitui County is a semi-arid region. Most parts of the county receive very little rain, so residents spend long hours each day hunting for water for use in their homes and at local schools. It is the struggle for water that led the residents to never question the safety of a water source.

Lifewater Canada partnered with Christ Mission to the World, a local non-governmental organization, to provide rainwater harvesting and storage systems to all 345 schools in the region. Unfortunately, residents still knew very little about maintaining their own health, hygiene and sanitation.  

that led Lifewater Canada to partner with STADA, a non-government organization from Kisumu County, to teach residents the importance of health, hygiene, and sanitation. The program focuses on personal hygiene which includes water treatment, and protecting the environment, including their water sources.

The hour-long sessions held in schools, churches, community centres and other locations involve everyone from a community regardless of age, gender, social, economic, and political status. Provided they are available, they show up.

The interesting and interactive sessions always reveal that local people have a lot to learn, but also a willingness to learn and to improve their living situations by making small changes to their lifestyles. The changes aren't financially costly, which is good news for many families trying to survive on less than a dollar a day.

The schools visited by STADA are eager to keep their students in class instead of frequent visits to the hospital to treat sicknesses caused by poor hygiene and sanitation. For the students' parents, better hygiene and sanitation translates to healthy living and less spending on hospital visits, which make the learning sessions even more welcome.

Your donations enabled Lifewater and STADA to visit these communities:

  • Kalanga Primary School -- 83 participants
  • Kalanga Secondary School -- 35 participants
  • Kalulu Primary School -- 34 participants
  • Kamulalani Primary  School -- 8 participants 



Every $1 you give provides a child with safe water for a year!


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