Clean Water, WASH & Nutrition for 500 Muslim Girls

Dear Friends,

AAI emphasizes public health in public schools and gives special consideration to the health needs of young female students. What you may not know, is the girls are often the majority and active participants in their school activities. They do a great job tending gardens, helping to keep water stations tidy, and volunteering for lunch-time activities.

Our mission is to have the communitiy involved in the projects created. We also emphasize equal opportunities and respect for male and female students.  This gives a great sense of satisfaction and inclusiveness for all involved. All students help, but we help the girls to feel important and make a difference in the world around them. We build clean water systems and provide soap, toothpaste, and other hygiene products. Girls are especially vulnerable to illness due to poor hygiene. The last 2 years, we have been building sanitary facilities to especially address young girls' needs.

"The girls take pride in their schools and in themselves when they work together," says our on-site coordinator, Miss Renchen, who is also a mother of four young daughters. "School spirit is rewarded with the help of parents and volunteers preparing lunches and complimenting children on their willingness to assist."  Everyone has a role. When we can help schools create this united atmosphere, it also helps to keep peace and inspires academic success.

Girls' school attendance continues to grow and be sustained. Having access to clean water and a daily lunch (served with vegetables from the school garden), keeps girls healthier and better prepared for academic studies.

Poverty, hunger, rampant water-borne diseases, and limited public health plague the Philippines. Many island provinces remain near the bottom of the UN's worldwide Human Development Index. Thanks to your assistance, we continue to try to turn around this ranking, one school at a time.

In 2023-24, AAI has expanded operations into Cotabato and areas on the outskirts of Davao, Philippines, where Muslims account for 25% of the population who live alongside Christians and indigenous tribal people. We work to bring communities together, to build trust and peace.

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Clean Water, WASH & Nutrition for 500 Muslim Girls

Thank you,

Albert Santoli,

Director, Asia America Initiative