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KS23-H017
Health and Hygiene Training participants at Kalwilla Primary School
Health and Hygiene Training participants at Kalwilla Primary School
Health and Hygiene Training participants at Imramba Primary School
Health and Hygiene Training participants at Imramba Primary School
Health and Hygiene Training participants at  Kaai Girls' Secondary School
Health and Hygiene Training participants at Kaai Girls' Secondary School
Health and Hygiene Training participants at Kakulunga Primary School
Health and Hygiene Training participants at Kakulunga Primary School
Health and Hygiene Training participants at Kalilii ECDE
Health and Hygiene Training participants at Kalilii ECDE
The People of 5 Schools in Mwingi Central, Kenya, thank
Anonymous Donors (Canada)

For helping them complete health & hygiene training

A message from the community

We the students at Kalilii ECDE hope you receive our immense gratitude for your continuing support with health and hygiene programs. We are not just grateful for the much needed training; we are also thankful for the resources you have provided so that we can harvest enough rainwater and observe high standards of hygiene.

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 mistakenly 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, or 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:

  • Imramba Primary School -- 27 participants
  • Kaai Secondary School  -- 30 participants
  • Kakulunga ECDE -- 18 participants
  • Kalilii ECDE -- 15 participants 
  • Kalwilla Primary School -- 97 participants



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


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