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When Kiwi kids line up at the washbasin, the last thing on your minds is whether there will be enough water to wash your hands! In the remote highland schools of Papua New Guinea, it is a very different story. Water is a very precious commodity.
The Wara Bilong Life (pidgin for Water for Survival) Oxfam schools project provides a creative and interactive classroom activity that links primary schools in New Zealand to those in Papua New Guinea.
New Zealand students, from year 1 to 10, are asked to assist with school health education for their peers in the highlands. A method of washing hands that required very little water is also needed. Students will also be thinking about their own water usage.
The project is based on the Technology, Social Studies and Health and Physical Education curricula.
Find out how you can help
Register your class now for the 2010 Wara Bilong Life project.
This project was short listed for the 2008 Stockholm Challenge.
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This project is funded by New Zealand's Aid Programme