| Did You Know... |
| India 2008 Statistics Population: 1.18 billion Over 83% attend primary school Yet less than 28% have functional toilets |
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| Voices From our Schools: |
What a difference a year can make to one school:
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| Link to us: We now have an active blog, twitter and facebook sites with ongoing discussions about issues relevant to water, sanitation and hygiene. Check us out and join in the on-line discussions. Water Centric Blog |
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Clean and hygienic facilities make a good washing experience - an, essential element of changing behaviors toward good hygiene. These schoolchildren greatly appreciate their new facilities, as they no longer get all wet and dirty while drinking or washing hands and lunch-boxes!
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Dear Reader!
Greetings from Water Centric in Boston!
I wish that each of you could experience first hand the appreciation of the children on the improvements we are steadily making in their schools. Every time I visit, I come back smiling from ear to ear and excited about the work we are doing to provide clean water facilities, functional toilets and hygiene education to our Delhi schools. I see the fruits of our efforts in the smiles and thanks I get from the children and, particularly in listening to the articulate responses they give me on what they are learning in their hygiene education clubs and why it is important! This past month I visited all 10 of our schools and am convinced we are on the right track.
I am equally excited about the interest we’re generating right here in the US about addressing this cause. There are a large number of people like you who are interested in what we do and volunteer time and most importantly donate to our cause. I am humbled by the interest and enthusiasm of American children in schools and universities that want to help improve the conditions and health of children in the developing world. As you may know, a significant portion of our fund raising is coming from the efforts of these school children in the US!
Best wishes,
Lotika S. Paintal
Founder and Executive Director
Lotika@watercentric.org
| Our Progress in the past few months. In India:
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| Acknowledgement Water Centric would like to acknowledge a generous donation of $10,000 by the Sawhney Family Foundation. Amar and Deepika Sawhney, have been friends of Water Centric since it’s inception in 2008. They have been living in Lexington, MA, USA with their two young children since 1989. “Having grown up in India, we realize that clean water, and hygienic conditions are very critical for India’s young population. Functional toilets and basic hygiene education can control health issues and the resultant absenteeism. By educating the children, a slow change is wrought on society, as they become the teachers of the community - one family at a time. We are happy to extend multiyear support to Water Centric for we believe such programs can have lasting impact in India.” - Deepika Sawhney |
Water Centric (WC) is a social entrepreneurship organization that is focused on systematically bringing water/sanitation and hygiene education to needy schools in India and around the world. We do this by leveraging the power of our social and professional networks to find effective local partners, appropriate technical assistance, diverse funding sources and a cadre of high quality volunteers of concerned global citizens to work together to address this challenge.
