Celebrating News from Nigeria!

This past spring, 3for5 funded half of a $20,000 water project at Sancta Maria School in Umuaka, Nigeria. Now, we’re excited to report that this project is fully complete!

3for5’s grant made the school’s new borehole well accessible to 1500+ students and teachers, as well as thousands of community members. In addition, your donations provided hygiene eduction materials for use in the school, along with sufficient funding to build a new bathroom building complete with running water and flushing toilets.

To see more details about this project, including 3for5 partner Millennium Water Alliance’s final report and a video from the project site, click here.

Thank you for being a part of this incredible project - these events wouldn’t have been possible without your generous financial support.

More to come...

The 3for5 Team

MWA Final Report for the Sancta Maria School WASH Project

Project/Program Description
Eagle of Hope, Inc., a non-profit corporation with principal office at 8616 Lugano Road, Box 1004, Randallstown, MD 211333, under a subgrant from Millennium Water Alliance, Washington, DC, executed an agreement to build a fully-functional water and sanitation project, with a hygiene education component, at the site of the Sancta Maria School in Umuaka, Nigeria. Until this project’s completion, the school had no on-site supply of clean drinking water with washing stations or flush toilets. A building was constructed to house separate restroom facilities for men and women, for the use of teachers and children at the school. A borehole well had been previously completed by Eagle of Hope; this subgrant was to allow Eagle of Hope to conduct water testing in compliance with state standards, and to complete the facility and provide instruction on hygiene to teachers for use with students at the school.

Sancta Maria School Project Final Report Video from 3for5 Foundation.

Requirements for the Project
The following specific contracted deliverables were completed on site:

• 2 washing stations, 6 latrines with toilet paper dispensers, and space/hardware for hand drying
• Completed water safety and quality tests prior to further infrastructure expenditures, and submission of verified documentation of the testing results to MWA
• Acquisition, transportation and preparation of necessary material for the construction and safe operation of all components - housing for the latrines and sinks (including doors, windows, locks, roofing, paint, and hardware for operability), water tanks, plumbing, pump(s), generators, electrical connections
• Labor to be provided by qualified contractors under the supervision of EOH; MOU, and final photographs of the completed project
• Hygiene education materials for use in the school
• Cooperation with Catholic Relief Services in the event they are able and willing to do site visit(s) at some point, and offer any advice or assistance
• Appropriate communication by EOH with school and relevant local officials as the work progressed.

BeneficiariesDirect beneficiaries of the Eagle of Hope WASH program are the students and teaching staff at Sancta Maria Nursery, Primary and Secondary School.  In total, this population includes:

• Nursery/Primary School
• Student Population: 800 (375 male students; 425 female students)
• Teaching staff: 23 (2 male teachers and 21 female teachers.)
  
• Secondary School
• Student Population: 640 (315 male students; 325 female students) 
• Teaching Staff: 42 (14 male teachers; 28 female teachers)
  
• Indirect Beneficiaries
• Sancta Maria Catholic parish population
• Umuaka community local market
• Over 2,000 individuals from nearby and outside communities.

Narrative Statement by EOH
On May 9, 2011, the tested water sample passed all parameters for inspection and was deemed as suitable drinking water within the Nigerian standard. I notified MWA who gave me permission to start the project. Prior to this time I had a meeting with the school committee and explained to them the budget to finish the project, they were grateful with MWA and Eagle of Hope for efforts in bringing them the WASH program in their school. On the final day, general sanitation and hygiene education in the use of adequate water for washing hands and cleaning up was taught to the school students, teachers, and staff. The principle of the school and the school committee thanked MWA and Eagle of Hope and signed off on the successful completion of the project.
- Sabinus Anadyke, Founder and Director of Eagle of Hope, Inc. (edited)

Further Notes
MWA is re-vamping its website in August and early September, and will include a feature on Sancta Maria School project and The 3for5 Foundation’s critical assistance in completing it.  The $10,000 provided by 3for5 Foundation was disbursed to Mr. Anadyke in two installments - $6,000 at the beginning of the second phase and $4,000 after the project’s completion.

Share 3for5’s New Video With Your Friends!

Hello Droplets -- we’re excited to let you know about a brand new video that helps cast the vision for 3for5. Check it out below, or watch it on 3for5's home page.



We think this video will make it easier than ever to share 3for5 with your friends, so feel free to use it as you reengage your community to make a difference for clean water.

Enjoy,
The 3for5 Team

K2 Refresh Raises $4,426.14 for Clean Water!

During World Water Week, we wrote about students from K2 the Church who participated in an event called "Refresh."  This event helped raised money for 3for5’s latest water project in Nigeria.

Highlights included packing thousands of meals for Kids Against Hunger to feed people in the Philippines; visiting a fellow student in the hospital; fasting and praying for people without clean water; and making a 4,100+ link paper-chain as a tangible reminder of the number of children who will die in a single day from diseases caused by dirty water.

Overall, the K2 students helped raised $4,426.14 for clean water!  Vertical students and leaders: thank you for your sacrifice and inspiration!

Olympus Junior High Students Inspire!

Students at Olympus Jr. High School (OJH) in Salt Lake City, UT were inspired by their teacher Sarah White to sell handmade Threads of Hope bracelets to help give water to students in Nigeria. In addition to raising money to support the people who made the bracelets, OJH students brought in $1,321.25 for water! Their efforts were so rewarding that students want to focus on raising funds monthly for the rest of the school year. Thank you and way to go, OJH students!

Students from K2 the Church “Refresh” for Clean Water

Youth from K2 the Church in Salt Lake City, UT will gather for “Refresh,” an event taking place on March 25-26 that will raise awareness and money to provide safe water to children and their families in the developing world. Sacrificing time, effort, and appetite, students will fast for 25 hours and 35 minutes in order to focus on the global water cause and on serving their local community. They hope to raise at least $2,900 in pledges and donations for 3for5 to be used toward providing water, sanitation, and hygiene education for 1,573 kids and their community in Umuaka, Imo State, Nigeria.

Additionally, a private donor has committed to match any donations connected to "Refresh" up to $2900!

Online tax-deductible donations in support of the students’ “Refresh” efforts can be made at 3for5.org - simply add the word “Refresh” after your last name in the registration process (e.g. First Name: ‘Susan’... Last Name: ‘Jones Refresh’). Or, you can add the word "Refresh" as your affiliation in your 3for5 profile.

Design a T-Shirt for 3for5, Promote Wearable Philanthropy, Win Money!

A while back, I posted on these pages about the great work Alexis Fedor, founder of Love+Water Designs, is doing to promote charities through "wearable philanthropy".

The idea behind Love+Water Designs is to feature a different charity on their website each month.  During that month, anyone can submit a design for a t-shirt inspired by that charity, and we can all vote for our favorite design.  At the end of the month, a winning design is chosen, and 50% of all that shirt's ongoing proceeds will be donated back to the featured charity.

Well, this month 3for5 is the featured charity on Love+Water, and we want to encourage you to help us spread the word about clean water and Wearable Philanthropy.

So here's how:

1. Design a cool t-shirt inspired by 3for5 and submit it on Love+Water's website (as a design submitter, you can win prizes if your design is chosen).
2. Vote for your favorite 3for5 t-shirt here.  
3. Spread the word to your friends via Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Gmail, your blog, or any other way you can think of.  In order for designs to be eligible, 3for5 shirts need to be submitted this month! 

I'm excited to see what our community comes up with, so let the designing and creativity begin!