School children in poor, rural schools, often miss class to go fetch water, or to care for sick parents or siblings. If teachers are sick, classes get cancelled for all students!
That’s how lack of clean water can seriously effect a student’s academic performance and attendance rates. The lack of safe water can cause even the best student to lose momentum as they deal with stomach pains and diarrhea from disease and hunger.
With the many additional burdens that a lack of clean water brings, education simply becomes less of a priority. This sets up an unfortunate cycle of poverty and inequality as without a proper education, there is little chance of improving one’s situation later in life.
Together with our partners, we are working to break this cycle. By making the process of collecting water more time-efficient, we’re giving children (especially girls) a chance to get back in to the classroom to break the cycle of poverty for themselves.
Thank you so much BridgIt Water Foundation .
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