Nov 11
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Canadian School organizes a fundraiser to purchase Bio-Sand filters for people in India who do not have daily access to clean water.
The social justice theme last year at Cardinal Leger Catholic Junior High School was “Living Water.” As part of their theme for the year, teacher Mark Harcanka and his Advanced Placement class at this Canadian School planned and organized an event in an effort to bring awareness and financial assistance to people who need clean water. Making the event even more impressive, they planned a way to use what they were learning in school to help others across the world.
Walking hours a day to access clean water is a reality for many women and young girls in developing countries. For many, the time it takes to get water for the family is the reason that they are unable attend school. Some girls walk up to 6 hours a day hauling water home for their family.
Here is Cardinal Leger’s story:
“We organized a ‘Water Haul-A-Thon’ which took one week to complete. In addition to completing the physical challenge of moving the water, we were mathematically challenged to make calculations on the distance travelled, number of trips, number of cupfuls and other data. We calculated that it would take 3333 cupfuls or trips which meant 111 trips per student in our class of 30. The total distance travelled to complete the water transfer was 16.6 kilometers total or 555 meters per student. We also calculated that at a constant rate the task would take 166 minutes or 2.7 hours for our class of 30 students. Students were sponsored for the being able to complete the task.
All monies that were raised will be donated to ‘Canadian Water Works’. Canadian Water Works is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to improving the lives of people in developing countries through clean water and community development. Our class raised a total of $1125.000 .”
This classroom project raised enough money to buy 32 water filters for people in India. That is 32 families that will no longer worry about dying from a water-borne illness. Way to go Cardinal Leger!!
