These are the projects that participating schools in the i2P Extraordinary Acts Initiative are supporting. These students will truly be making a positive impact on the lives of many.
Projects: Tapajos School Project | Project for Uganda | Samburu Schools Water Harvesting Program
The i2P Extraordinary Acts are challenge-based projects seeking to raise awareness and funding for projects that change lives and give hope to future generations. During the 2010 i2P H20 Initiative, nearly 10,000 students united in their mission to help fund two clean drinking water projects in Africa. And now, for Expedition Amazon, i2P is focusing on what is important to the children of the FLONA Do Tapajos (Tapajos National Forest) region: education.
Education is a critical component of i2P's existence, engrained in all that we do. Education builds creativity, amplifies imaginations, enhances technical skills, and assists youth in becoming responsible global citizens. There are 22 communities in the FLONA but not all of them have schools. As such, the Extraordinary Acts component of Expedition Amazon will see students, sponsors, and supporters combine their fund raising efforts to build a school. The school location is in the community of Taquara where one of the few remaining indigenous communities in the Flona Do Tapajos still reside. The school will serve about 100 children and double as an eco-tour facility to help support the local economy.
i2P will provide the inspiration, guidance, and social media platform for participants to share ideas, update their progress, and ultimately track the project until its completion.
i2P has a mission of educating and inspiring with an end result of EMPOWERING young people to complete their own Extraordinary Acts. Students, classrooms and schools from Expedition Amazon joined together for a common goal; a goal to raise enough funding to complete the construction of a school that will serve 100 children in the community of Taquara, in the Flona Do Tapajos.
Since October 20th of this year, rain has halted progress of the school's construction. As of late the weather has been cooperating, giving locals the ability to return in constructing the school. Below are photos of materials arriving for construction & locals working on the school (even the KIDS are helping out!!!).
Expedition Amazon participants were provided with a challenge to help i2P do some incredible work that will have life-changing qualities. Together students, classrooms and schools followed through and achieved something truly EXTRAORDINARY!
Through the support of impossible2Possible and the 2010 Siberian Express Expedition participants and schools, Ryan's Well will work with our local partner to provide safe water, sanitation and hygiene education for the people of Aromo Sub-County. As part of our larger scale program, the Siberian Express Expedition will further our efforts to provide access to safe water for children and families throughout Aromo Sub-County.
Our local partner organization, Divine Waters Uganda is a member of the water and sanitation district council in Lira, Uganda. This council comprised of NGO's in the water and sanitation sector work together to share information and focus the efforts of each organization in specific regions of the district. Aromo Sub-County needs our help.
Aromo was severely impacted by civil unrest over the past several decades, with neighbouring districts of Pader and Gulu being hubs of activity by the LRA in the past. While more peaceful conditions now exist, the people of Aromo are left in quite desperate conditions with great need for basic necessities - water, sanitation, education, health and a brighter future. Together with I2P, the Siberian Express Expedition participants, Ryan's Well and our partners Divine Waters, we are supporting positive change for Aromo.
With the support of the 2010 Siberian Express Expedition participating schools, Aromo Sub-County will benefit from safe water, sanitation and hygiene education access:
All activities are part of a program throughout Aromo Sub-County for 2010/2011.
Ryan's Well would like to send special thanks to our friend and Board member, Ray Zahab, for his enthusiasm and adventurous spirit as he and the I2P team make a difference with every step of the 650 km distance they will travel on the 2010 Siberian Express Expedition.
UPDATE - impossible2Possible is very proud to announce that the money raised for water projects during the Siberian Express and Running Tunisia Expeditions has contributed to the construction of 2 wells in Uganda! See what the wells mean to one 20 year old (http://bit.ly/cxaUiz) and look at the Ayang community surrounding their new well below! Thanks to all the students and schools- we couldn't have done this without you!
Nachola, Baragoi and Parakiti are villages in the the Samburu District of north central Kenya. In the shadow of the second highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kenya, Samburu is a district of acacia trees and dry savanna in the striking East African Rift Valley. In this semi-arid region prone to recurrent droughts, watersheds are a critical resource. With irregular access to surface water, Samburans must travel great distances to reach water points. Currently, one of the worst droughts ever is taking place; livestock, crops and children are dying in unprecedented numbers and the lack of water is stirring up conflict as communities fight over the last remaining pieces of fertile grazing land.
Your donations will help fund our program to install rain water harvesting equipment at each of the primary schools in Nachola, Baragoi and Parakiti. Water storage tanks will provide a sustainable source of water for the school, and can be used for many purposes, including drinking, cooking water for school meals, and irrigating small vegetable gardens.
The program will directly benefit the 1,047 students at the three schools and secondarily the 10,268 inhabitants of the three villages.