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The borehole that brought the children back
In a village near Riyom, children walked two hours each morning for water. A solar borehole at the school changed the start of every day.
Before 2024, the nearest reliable water was a stream an hour's walk away. In the dry season it dried to a trickle, and many children arrived at school late and tired, or not at all.
The village head and the school board asked for help. Seedlight funded a solar borehole at the school gate, built by a local driller, and trained two caretakers, one woman and one man, to keep it running.
Now the first thing my children carry in the morning is their books.
Attendance at the school rose in the first term. The hygiene club now runs hand washing before lunch, and the water committee has saved enough to pay for its own small repairs.
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