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Please tell a story about a time when a person or organization tried to help someone or change something in your community:

Water For Everyone

As you all understand water is lyf and minus water there is know life on earth.Many schools in my region kibera and maybe the whole Kenya had no water tanks.pupils had to surfer as they were forced to carry water from home.Some were also got between a rock and a hard place and ended up drinking unsafe water.Amref,Government of Kenya and Glaxosmithen group sponsored a brilliant idea.They decided to provide schools with tank of 60,000-40000 litres for water storage.This was to ensure that each and every child in a particular school was to be assured of clean drinking water.And this project worked.

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  • The organization most involved in what happened: Government

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  • This story makes me feel inspired
  • This story relates to food and shelter
  • This story relates to security
  • This story relates to physical needs
  • I saw what happened in the story

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About This Story

  • Gender of storyteller: Male
  • Age of storyteller: 16-21 years old
  • This story took place 2-6 months ago
  • Location: Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya
 
This story describes a...
a need
a problem
a solution
The story is about...
social
relations
economic
opportunity
physical
well-being
 
 
Who benefited from what happened in the story...
the right people
nobody
the wrong
people
This story describes a...
good idea that failed
bad idea
good idea that
succeeded
 
 

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