Give Clean Water to Kids in Africa

Dear Friends, 

It has been a busy quarter for Splash as we work to stay on track with our ambitious goals to reach every goernment school in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by the end of 2023. While there have been many challenges and delays due to COVID-19, we are proud to share our mid-year progress numbers with you. 

Since the beginning of the year, we have been able to install: 

• 266 drinking stations
• 264 handwashing stations
• 45 water storage tanks (which means one million liters of water storage!)

In addition, our team has also been able to conduct 77 Hygiene Club training sessions (pictured). After being closed for a majority of 2020, most schools in Ethiopia have been open since January 2021. Our team continues to take extensive safety precautions for our team and at the schools we serve. 

Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, Splash's work to bring WASH in schools to underserved communities is critial and a cause for hope. As schools continue to reopen, facilities for handwashing with soap and programs to encourage positive hygiene behaviors remain a public health imperative. 

None of this is possible without our team in country and the support from donors like you. If these previous months have shown us anything, it's that passionate people, working together, can make all the difference. 

We're so incredibly grateful and happy to have your support and we look forward to sharing more next time. 

-Team Splash

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• Learn more about Project WISE (Wash In Schools for Everyone)
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Dear Friends and Supporters of Splash, 

In our previous update, we shared how our work was continuing to pivot in response to COVID-19 in Addis Ababa. Throughout the preceding months, schools in Ethiopia have welcomed students back in stages, with higher level grades opening first. As of January 2021, all government schools have reopened. Pictured above are students and Splash Hygiene club members, distancing and washing hands. 

In addition to our infrastructure work, Splash's Behavior Change program has resumed, which paused and pivoted to digital for a majority of 2020, given safety and social distancing measures. Throughout this time, and as students have been returning to the classroom, our WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) intervention has been completed at 31 sites within our Group 2 phase, with behavior change activities following shortly. 

While the challenges we all faced in 2020, and continue to face in 2021, have changed and shifted how we do work, it has not changed our unwavering dedication to best serving all of our stakeholders and supporters - students, staff, partners, and you. 

We are tremendously appreciative of the ways you continue to support our mission and vision. We look forward to providing more updates in the future and we hope you stay involved with all we are up to. 

With gratitude, 

Team Splash

Links:

• Learn more about Project WISE (WASH In Schools for Everyone)
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