Walk for Water raises money and awareness for African children
After today’s four-mile Walk for Water, 7th graders will never take water for granted again.
“If I’m thirsty in the middle of the night, I just get up and get a drink of water from the faucet,” said Nina Farahanchi ’18. “But if I were a child in Africa, I’d have to wait until morning and then walk four miles to get water, missing school in the process. It’s just fascinating what theyhave to do every day compared to us.”
To simulate the plight of many African women and children, the entire 7th grade class walked just under four miles carrying three two-liter bottles. The walk started at school, where students filled their bottles with stream water, then walked through the Greenhills woods, along Earhart Rd. and up Geddes to Parker Mill, where they emptied their bottles into Fleming Creek. They then spent the rest of the afternoon collecting water quality data with the Huron River Watershed Council as part of their science curriculum.
“It was just a great day,” commented 7th grade science teacher Ann Novak. “It was a nice real-world, inter-disciplinary unit between science and diversity. I think today went a long way in helping students see themselves as true global citizens.”
The class hopes to raise $3,800 to build a well at a primary school in Uganda. To donate, click here.
