Water Centric was thrilled when seven students from Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts visited our Sri Niwaspuri school in Delhi in March of this year. Teacher and Acting Department Chair Amy Enright, accompanied the children on their trip and writes of their “physical, intellectual and emotional journey” and their “uniformly positive, if a bit amazed” response:

“Rivers students were very impressed with the poise and knowledge of the Sri Niwaspuri girls.  Several members of the Sri Niwaspuri school hygiene club performed poetry and songs describing the importance of disease prevention and hygiene discipline.  Both groups of students got a chance to practice their basic knowledge of Hindi and English greetings and then translations of the performances were offered by teachers and by the Water Centric/Sakshi representative, Mr. Zuber Khan.

“The visit to the school, one Rivers junior reflected, allowed us to see the challenges of water management in an urban setting and to imagine the difficulties of running an elementary school without the benefit of clean water and working facilities. As institutions for youth, schools offer a unique opportunity for new generations to learn about and practice a culture of hygiene. Rivers strongly supports Water Centric’s focus on schools as a place to start to raise cultural expectations for clean, accessible water.”

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