Girls who have to spend time gathering water for the family tend not to be in school. Water and education are tied with gender equality. They also noted a “remarkable increase in female enrollment.” After making provisions for safe water and latrines at two schools, Lifewater’s partner in Kenya reported a reduction in girls being pulled from class to fetch water. Improved latrines, hand-in-hand with adequate access to safe water, can significantly improve attendance at schools, especially for girls. Over half of the girls in sub-Saharan Africa who drop out of primary school do so because of poor water and sanitation facilities. In many cases, young women drop out of school when they reach puberty because of a lack of privacy or separate female facilities. Many girls are not able to attend school because their main responsibility for the family, collecting water, requires hours of walking each day. Water and Education Effects on Female Students These outbreaks force school closures, making education impossible in some rural areas. Improper waste disposal and lack of water for proper handwashing perpetuates diseases such as cholera, typhoid, trachoma, and hepatitis. Unsafe water leads to severe outbreaks of diarrheal disease, one of the most deadly diseases for children in the developing world. About 443 million school days are lost each year due to water-related illness.
Water and education are also linked in school absence. Frequently, they are collecting water from contaminated sources. They have to carry jugs that are far too heavy for their small frames, which affects the development of their spines as they grow. Sometimes the paths are roads that are dangerous for children. Too often students use valuable class time to fetch water long distances from the school.
Donate Now to Send Children Back to School with Safe Water > Water Collection Children’s education suffers greatly from a lack of safe water and sanitation for numerous reasons. Unfortunately, the scene above is common in many classrooms throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Many people cannot imagine a school without drinking fountains, flush toilets, or sinks in which to wash hands. Since the school had no water on its property, students took long breaks to fetch water from a well located a half-mile away. The yellow jugs were an intimate part of the school landscape. The yellow was not from books or backpacks, but from plastic jugs (jerry cans) that the pupils clutched tightly in their hands. Aside from the bright color of the children’s uniforms against the rural landscape, flashes of yellow were visible all over the courtyard as the students moved about. By simply looking around the school grounds in northern Uganda, Africa, it is easy to see the important role water plays in the daily lives of students. Water and education are intimately connected in rural parts of Africa and Southeast Asia.
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