Okulu Primary School
The Okulu Primary School is located in a village called Okulu in Torit, South Sudan. The primary school was formally opened in 1987 about 5 kms away from the main road. At that time, the current headmaster Paul George Lokang …
The Okulu Primary School is located in a village called Okulu in Torit, South Sudan. The primary school was formally opened in 1987 about 5 kms away from the main road. At that time, the current headmaster Paul George Lokang …
Ngor Garang Tong is a 5th grader at Salva Kiir Primary School, in Aweil Town, which is in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan. His school is one of several in the area where we have recently worked on projects. …
Gillian Akullo is 13 years old and is in 5th grade at Ating Tuo Primary School, in Alebtong, Uganda. Gillian had been suffering from severe diarrhea for two years and recently her symptoms began getting worse. She says her mother …
Juliette Alum is 18 years old and attends Omoro Secondary School, in Alebtong, Uganda. She hopes to be a teacher one day. Juliette is thankful for her many opportunities, as she realizes that most girls in her culture do not …
Charity Atem is 16 years old and is a student at the Alela Modern Primary School in northern Uganda. Drop in the Bucket has been working at the Alela Modern Primary School for several years now and has spent time …
Kenyi Openi is 14 years old. He has three brothers and one sister, and is in 7th grade at Jalimo Orphanage Primary School, in South Sudan. Kenyi says that the well Drop in the Bucket drilled has changed his life. Before the well, his family was …
Nambi Masitulah is in class P6 at the Makonzi Boarding School which is in the Mubende district of western Uganda. When we first met Nambi, she was drinking from this water hole. Before the new well, all of the pupils at the school were …
Tada Swalo is 12 years old. He has two brothers and two sisters, and is in 7th grade at Jalimo Orphanage Primary School, in South Sudan. His favorite class is Social Studies and he wants to be a pilot when …
Annet Poni is a 16-year-old, 7th grade student at Adire Primary School, in South Sudan. She lives with her parents, her sister and three brothers. Before we drilled the well at Adire Primary School, the entire area was getting their drinking …
Salume goes to the Amononeno Primary School in the Alebtong District of northern Uganda. She loves school and her favorite subject is English. Salume wants to be a nurse when she is older and is very happy that the school …
This is Oscar. Oscar is 8 years old and lives at Mother Theresa’s school for disabled and disadvantaged children. This school/orphanage primarily looks after deaf and blind children. It also is home to many children born to mothers who were …
Students from the Day Middle School in Temecula, CA decided to help children in Africa gain access to clean water after learning about the water crisis from Skye McNeil, founder of the website Skyetime.com. She explained that children in Africa …
In February students at the Wheatlands Elementary School in Aurora, IL held a to raise money help build a well for a school in Africa. Throughout the year the school had been practicing acts of kindness and had made several …
6 year old Ellie was shocked to hear that children in Africa did not have clean water, so she went to her school and asked them if they could help her get a well built. With a little help from …
Hannah and her friend Sam are freshmen in high school. They recently sold hundreds of bracelets around their school and community and raised almost $1,000. The bracelets said “Mina Nika” which is the zulu translation for “I Give”.
The student Council and Penny Harvest Committee from the for Excellence collected funds for a Penny Harvest campaign and raised $500 for Drop in the Bucket. The students fervently collected loose change from classrooms and then developed a round table forum …
Storm heard about the water crisis from members of his family that were planning fundraising ideas and decided that he wanted to help too, so he started Storm’s Drop in the Bucket Lemonade Stand! $1/Cup $1/water. Storm said “I am …
For his Birthday, Seven year old Max wanted to do something to help children in Africa. He also wanted to make sure he and all his friends had fun, so they found a laser tag facility and booked the party …
There’s no age limit on having a big heart. Six year old Megan from New York heard about the water crisis in Africa and wanted to help. Megan held sponsored read-a-thons amongst other things and managed to raise $1000 all …
For Miriam’s 8th birthday she decided that instead of gifts she would ask her friends to help children in Africa,so she sent out an invitation with this written on it; Please don’t bring a gift for me – We will …
A little bit of change can go a long way… Never take for granted the power of change. Eight year old Brayden of Colorado collected and donated all of his change to Drop in the Bucket. “I want to help …
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