How many times do you use water in a day? Just think about showering, flushing the toilet, washing your hands, cooking, brushing your teeth and filling your water bottle. It adds up quickly!
Now multiply that by 150 girls. That’s a LOT of water!
For many of us, getting water means simply turning on a tap. For many KGSA girls, being home with their families means walking to collect water and carrying it back.
Boarding at the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy means having water on campus, but keeping it flowing hasn’t always been easy. We used to spend thousands of dollars a year trucking water to the school, without being certain it had been properly filtered.
Today, thanks to some extraordinary partners, KGSA has its own water source and the water trucks are no longer needed!
Recently, the school celebrated the completion of our water project: a 300 meter deep borehole, a filtration system for drinking and cooking and a community water station.
For our 150 girls, that means dependable water for drinking, bathing, washing clothes and all the everyday moments that make a boarding school feel like home. It also means financial savings the school can put toward educating and caring for the girls.
And the benefits reach beyond our gates. Neighboring families can now purchase clean drinking water at KGSA, making the school a resource for the wider community and creating an income-generating project to sustain future repairs on the water system.
As we continue our November month of gratitude, please join me in thanking the Rotary Clubs of Lansing Michigan and Upper Eden England, and the Liguori family in California. Special thanks also to Rotarians Roger and Kurt, who shared their time and technical expertise to help bring this project to completion.
You’ve given the girls and our neighbors something everyone deserves: clean water they can count on.
