Project Goal:

$3200

Currently Raised:

$3200

Progress:

Location:

Northern Ghana

Will Benefit:

217 Primary Students

Proposed Implementation Date:

January 2011

Help the Maynooth Group build Damankuyili Primary a RWHT!

The Story of this Project...

The Maynooth Group has generously made a comeback, and are raising money in order to build a rain water harvesting tank at Damankuyili Primary School.

The major problem the school is experiencing is that children are constantly leaving school in order to go find water to drink. Many children take a long time to travel home to get a drink, and do not come back to class. Teachers find it difficult to monitor their students, but feel they have no choice but to let them go as small children cannot sit without water in 40 degree heat.

In order to deal with the problem, the best that teachers can do is to send older students to fetch buckets of dirty dam water in the morning, so they have a small bucket so students can drink in the early morning. This dirty water however affects the students' health, as it is riddled with water-borne diseases that often make them so sick that they don't come to school.

If students had access to clean potable water during their days at school, their class time would not be interrupted. With a stark difference between rural and urban areas, in terms of how far children are able to move forward in their education, it is undeniable that access to water plays a big part.

"Having to go look for water everyday during classtime is definitely affecting the learning process in our classrooms" - Mariama, Teacher

"If we had access to clean water at the school, it would ensure I could finish my lesson plans with the children, instead of class being interrupted so much."- Zeinab, Teacher

Join the Maynooth Group and affect thousands of students who will attend Damankuyili Primary for years to come.

Group Members

Ali Garrett is a Skerries native and the pinnacle of class. Often seeing doing good and fighting crime. Recently changed her name from Ali Von Garrett- true story.	Ann Marie Croghan joined create change instead of taking driving lessons. This is dedication folks!	Will Clarke works at making peoples lives neater and running more smoothly. He could be described as being the fibre in the Icon diet.
Gary Dooley is the inspiration behind the Gary Dooley Foundation.	Tom Patten is the administrator supreme group so get in touch if you want to join us!	Martin Kerin had a tough time signing up as he doesn't possess a credit card and lives in Germany...bad combo Martin!
Tadhg Healy is a Create Change ambassador and spent some time working with the organisation in Ghana.	Mr. Dunne is a physics teacher and lifelong supporter of change!	Paul McEvoy lives in Dublin and works to make the internet faster for all!
Nadine Lundy pictured here with her man Dave!	Eimear D'arcy a secondary school teacher and all star basketball player/coach!	Adrian Hayes has a motorbike and I think we're all jealous of that
Mark Hennessy loves smelly cheese and touching round balls with his hands!	Darragh Ennis is a new addition to the group and is donating real Canadian dollars from Montreal!	Paul Mitchell ar mhuin capall mor!!
Paula Villa enjoys cruising in her convertible!	Roisin Murtagh is originally from Kildare but got wise a few years back and moved to Cork.	Conor McElhinney likes salt on his left hand only when drinking Tequila!
Contact Thomas through the Create Change contact page if you'd like to join this group	Sofia Ramstrom is a new member of the group. She has 2 kids and loves the great outdoors!	Craig Moore absolutely loves Flight of the Conchords and hails from NZ!

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