Ilmarba Primary School – Rainwater Harvesting Project, Completed February, 2010

WILK paid for supplies and a contractor to set up water storage tanks, gutters and downspouts to collect the rainwater on 2 large classroom buildings at Ilmarba Primary School. Water is now being collected from the rains and is being used by over 300 students and teachers at the school. Rainwater is free and, until WILK’s project, unused! The school has over 100 boarders and 8 teachers living on site, who need a lot of water because they eat all their meals, wash themselves and their clothes at the school. This is a big water burden on the school. There is a community borehole but it is not so close to the school. The area is full of wild animals like lions, elephant, zebras, gazelles so it’s not always safe. Now, with water in tanks on the school grounds, it is easier, faster and safer. It also reduces the burden on the borehole and the amount of money spent on diesel.