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		Opening Doors for Sanitation in Hosanna, Ethiopia One by one, each participant walks through the classroom door. There is Elisabeth, a brilliant but shy young woman; Tarakegn, the joker who’s determined for his community to know about sanitation; and Ayele, the director who wants so badly for his students to have a clean, hygienic school in which to learn. There’s nothing like seeing familiar faces on the first day of an international training. The kind smiles and unburdened laughter are enough to shake off any of the “first-day training jitters.” Click here to read more.

		Mozambican Communities Learn New Skills for Improved Health In places like southern Mozambique, broken hand pumps litter the landscape. “The well and pump have to be seen as something of value before the village will take ownership,” claims Lifewater volunteer Dwayne Lee. Lee’s team reports their observations from a recent pump repair training trip... Click here to read more.

		Sanitation Promotion in Kisumu, Kenya Over five million people in Kenya, or 42 percent of the population, lacks access to basic sanitation. Kenya’s sanitation conditions mirror the bigger picture: 42 percent of the world’s population lacks the security and dignity of a simple latrine. These sobering statistics motivated Lifewater International’s Laura Rose to sign up for a sanitation promotion trip to Kenya... Click here to read more.

		Ugandan and Kenyan Partners Share Strategies When it comes to raising awareness about the need for improved sanitation in local communities, creativity and humor are seriously effective tools. This past month Lifewater's international partners in Uganda and Kenya shared ideas that will change thousands of lives... Click here to read more.