Every day, we turn on a tap to access clean water for drinking, cooking, washing, watering lawns, and recreation. However, millions of children around the world do not enjoy this same luxury. Instead, they will walk miles several times a day to gather heavy buckets of water, often not fit for drinking. A vast majority of these children will miss critical learning time in school and even risk getting sick, or worse, from drinking contaminated water.
By partnering with Thank You Project, SNA students learn about water crises around the world and they are challenged to think critically about global access to water, water quality, water conservation, and droughts. While engaging in our annual Water Walk, our student body is provided the opportunity to experience a small taste of what it means to walk in these other children's shoes. We hope to teach our fellow students to appreciate this precious resource and learn about their role in preserving it.