Water, water, water
In Rwanda, water is valued. Thanks to friends in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Urukundo Village and Urukundo Learning Center have had pure drinking water for many years. It is now necessary that we install a tank to provide storage for this water.
Urukundo Learning Center benefits even more from the water project.
Water is essential to good health. We are making sure we meet the needs of our students and faculty for pure drinking water. This month we built and installed a drinking water station at the school. In this way, we are sure our children and teachers have easy access to pure water for drinking. Our school has this water supply thanks to the Forest Hills Rotary in Pittsburgh and Rotary International.
The holding water tank for drinking water in its protection cage
Children gather at the water station. Kids fill their water bottles at recess and during lunch break. Many also fill them before returning home at the end of the day. Water is essential in the lives of children not only in Rwanda where drinking water is scarce but worldwide.
To jog your memory, here’s a photo of the retaining tank at the highest point of Urukundo land on the mountain.
Mama and a friend inspect the water tank. Solar pumps pump the water from the bottom to the top of Cyakabiri Mountain.