By Kristen Steele | Director, Education for Planet Water
While on a recent sustainability visit to Taek Village, a local resident who was sitting outside enjoying a glass of clean, safe water from the AquaTower with his wife and two children explained to us, “Clean water has now become our family partner. It saves us time and money - I collect water from this tower 2-3 times per week. We are no longer boiling water and have no more diarrhea caused by drinking dirty water like in the past. I feel convenient and enjoyable in collecting water from here. For more than two years I know that I have saved time and money that I previously spent and I cannot forget to say great thanks to the Global Giving donors for bringing clean water to my village.”
Thanks to you, providing communities with access to clean water through the installation of AquaTowers has allowed for more time to be spent at school and less time home sick. This also means that you have enabled young children and women to spend their days getting an education, and therefore helping to create economic prosperity in their communities, instead of collecting water for hours each day.
Here is the impact you have made on an eleven year old student, “Nowadays I have enough clean water to drink and keep my hands clean because of the water tower in the school. I really like this water tower because it supports my study here. I could not be free from diarrhea or fill my drinking bottle to bring home if I was without this tower. Now I well understand about the importance of clean water and all my friends feel the same as well.”
I never stop being amazed at the continued generosity and support of you, our donors, in providing those in need with one of life’s basic necessities – clean, safe water. Thank you for being an important part of the solution in abolishing water poverty…one community at a time!
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By Kristen Steele | Director, Education for PW and Project Leader
By Kristen Steele | Director, Education for PW and Project Leader
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