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Water Centric is very pleased that five schools in the United States through the organizing efforts of H2O for Life have partially sponsored five of our Delhi schools.
This spring students from Brooklin, Maine’s second and third grades started writing letters to its partner school in India.
The kids were very excited to make a connection with the school and children they were supporting.
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In Delhi the school children were equally excited to get these notes and to learn that kids their age had helped provide the funds to improve their school. They responded with heartwarming letters of gratitude.
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My name is Saiba. I am studying in Class Vth. I am 10 years old. I like to do cleanness. Before this programme our school was very unclean but now the condition is changed. Now everyone have neat and clean. You have done a great help for our school, very-very thanks. |
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My name is Hazra. I am 8 years old. I am in class IVth. I am thankful to you. Before your support my school’s condition was not clean and now condition is going better. I will again write letter to you. Thanking you. |
We hope this intercontinental dialog will continue to build bridges between these kids and enable them to better understand the international challenges of water, sanitation, health and hygiene.
Water Centric believes that better hygiene education is at the core of reducing water borne diseases in school children thereby increasing their performance and attendance in school. A Hygiene Education program also helps change behavior, such as making washing of hands before eating and after going to the toilet routine. Children carry many of the key messages home, slowly improving the quality of lives in their homes and communities.
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Working closely with our partner NGO, Sakshi, Water Centric has formed hygiene clubs in all 10 Municipal Corporation of Delhi schools that it has been involved in so far. At each school, Sakshi met with teachers and instructed them on how to organize and involve school kids in these clubs. |
| The children in the hygiene clubs are learning fundamentals of hygiene and the importance of following good hygiene practices. The children in the club have roles and responsibilities for keeping their peers informed and their school clean. |  |
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Recently teachers from five of our schools published a joint newsletter with contributions and articles written by the children. |
| We view these clubs as an effective way to involve the children and to teach them responsibility for their hygiene and the maintenance of the facilities. |  |
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Most high school students don’t think twice when they quench their thirst on a hot afternoon with a cool drink of water. However, this spring when a group of Chelsea High School students attending an informational session realized that half the schools in the developing world do not have access to clean water, they decided to do something about it. The Asian Club of Chelsea High determined to raise $2500 during the school year for a non-profit, Water Centric. The goal of Water Centric is to bring clean water and sanitation to students and schools in Africa and Asia, as well as to teach these students about hygiene. The Asian Club is one of the most active clubs at Chelsea High School with around 30 members who are involved in a wide range of activities. In the past they have been involved in community service projects such as running the annual CHS canned food drive. This time through various fundraisers at school and the club’s annual event, Asian Night, the students successfully raised $2300. With an additional donation of $200 from the CHS Multicultural Club, the students were able to hand over a check for the promised amount to Lotika Paintal, Founder and Executive Director of Water Centric. Lotika thanked the Asian Club President, Michael Chung, and CHS advisor, Jennifer Gulko, for their commitment and for being able to raise such a large amount in such a short time. The money would be used to build functional toilets and water stations at one of 10 public schools in Delhi India serving over 10,000 children. She hoped the students would continue to track the impact of their donations by following the school projects on the Water Centric blog at www.watercentric.org
Students and teachers from six schools in Thimphu, Bhutan attended the inauguration of a five-day workshop on school sanitation and hygiene education. Now the students have an additional responsibility – to be agents of change in creating awareness on sanitation and hygiene in schools and communities.
World renowned Sanitation proponent, Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, addressed the students, “Mere provision of sanitation facilities is not enough. It’s the use of latrines and hygiene behaviour of people that provides health benefits.
Read more about the Bhutanese student efforts in this article here.
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