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school water tank stories

Missing school and education due to COVID-19 and lack of water

Missing school and education due to COVID-19 and lack of water

Kasangi Simon, a 12-year-old pupil at Nzeluni Primary School, southeast Kenya, shares her experience coping with water shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what difference a school water tank would make. Read more

Published: 27th August, 2020

Updated: 23rd September, 2020

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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Kyeni Primary School water tank - a short film by the Africa Sand Dam Foundation

Kyeni Primary School water tank - a short film by the Africa Sand Dam Foundation

Our partners in southeast Kenya, the Africa Sand Dam Foundation, document the impact of Kyeni Primary School's water tank. Read more

Published: 27th August, 2020

Updated: 21st September, 2020

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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"Water here means there is no excuse or reason to miss school”

Harrison and Emaculate, two 11-year-old students of the Muangoni school, described how access to a clean water tank helps them stay engaged in their studies and protect their health when we visited them earlier this year. Read more

Published: 8th February, 2019

Updated: 21st August, 2019

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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"Life in school has become more enjoyable"

When water supplies are low, drastic measures are often turned to in efforts to collect it. The construction of a water tank in Utini Girls Secondary School in southeast Kenya has helped to lift this burden, according to testimony from members of the school community. Read more

Published: 6th February, 2019

Updated: 22nd July, 2019

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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Enabling greater success

Enabling greater success

Having access to water on-site provides schools with the opportunity to grow and to try new things. In this story we see what new endeavours a water tank has enabled at Ngomeni Primary School, Kenya. Read more

Published: 5th February, 2019

Updated: 25th June, 2019

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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Washing away water scarcity

Washing away water scarcity

Clean water is essential to improve sanitation levels in water-deprived areas. Looking at the case of Muunguu Secondary School, we see the positive effects a water tank has had on health and well-being in their community. Read more

Published: 20th January, 2019

Updated: 6th February, 2019

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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"We are now getting enough water for our needs"

A visit to a school in a remote area of south-eastern Kenya reveals how a rainwater harvesting tank represents a solution to a number of issues that might otherwise harm students' ability to succeed at school. Read more

Published: 10th January, 2019

Updated: 6th February, 2019

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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More than just water

More than just water

A lack of clean water can impact nearly all areas of school life. In Maongoa Primary School in Kenya, we see how school life can be transformed with access to clean water. Read more

Published: 1st January, 2019

Updated: 14th March, 2019

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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The future is in their hands

The future is in their hands

Excellent Development sand dam expeditioner, William Irwen-Bourdillon, visits a school in Ukambani region of southeast Kenya, to find out what impact a water tank has had. Read more

Published: 8th March, 2018

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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Reducing inconvenience and conflict with school water tanks

Reducing inconvenience and conflict with school water tanks

In a bid to ensure access to clean and safe water for the students and teachers, Excellent Development, in collaboration with our partners the Africa Sand Dam Foundation, supported the construction of a water tank at Kako Primary School... Read more

Published: 2nd March, 2018

Updated: 20th August, 2018

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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“Determined to succeed” in rural Kenya

“Determined to succeed” in rural Kenya

Excellent Development’s Communications Manager, Dwain Lucktung, finds out what impact a water tank has had on the lives of the Iiani Secondary School students. Read more

Published: 1st March, 2018

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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  • school water tank stories

"Running the school has become easier”

A student and principal from a school in rural Kenya share how much their lives have changed thanks to their water tank, built with support from Excellent and Jersey Overseas Aid. Read more

Published: 1st March, 2018

Updated: 20th August, 2018

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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1 school water tank = safe water for hundreds of students and teachers

1 school water tank = safe water for hundreds of students and teachers

Excellent collaborated with partners the Africa Sand Dam Foundation to support the construction of a tank at a school suffering from water scarcity... Read more

Published: 28th February, 2018

Updated: 21st August, 2018

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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Kisayani school water tank, 4 years on…

Kisayani school water tank, 4 years on…

We revisit a school that has been transformed by a water tank, built with the support of Excellent and Guernsey Overseas Aid and Development Commission. Read more

Published: 27th February, 2018

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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Waterborne disease: global problem, local solutions

Onesmus Mutisya, senior teacher at the Ngiluni primary school, talks about the school's water challenges and how their new water tank is helping. Read more

Published: 26th February, 2018

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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A thirst for education

A thirst for education

Headteacher Jeremiah Mueke shares his thoughts on the impacts of school water tanks. Read more

Published: 26th February, 2018

Updated: 17th September, 2018

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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  • £83,443 raised in Big Give Christmas Challenge 2020!

    £83,443 raised in Big Give Christmas Challenge 2020!

    In this year's Big Give Christmas Challenge you helped us raise over £80,000 to build two sand dams and implement a range of environmental protection measures in southern Zimbabwe.

  • Missing school and education due to COVID-19 and lack of water

    Missing school and education due to COVID-19 and lack of water

    Kasangi Simon, a 12-year-old pupil at Nzeluni Primary School, southeast Kenya, shares her experience coping with water shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what difference a school water tank would make.

  • Kyeni Primary School water tank - a short film by the Africa Sand Dam Foundation

    Kyeni Primary School water tank - a short film by the Africa Sand Dam Foundation

    Our partners in southeast Kenya, the Africa Sand Dam Foundation, document the impact of Kyeni Primary School's water tank.

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    Dabane Trust and Excellent are working together with rural communities in the semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe to develop simple, appropriate and sustainable water abstraction and food production systems.

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    Watch how sand dams work

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