WHOLIVES INC

Problem: Most schools in rural Uganda and Kenya have no access to clean water. The classrooms are overcrowded with no handwashing stations. Therefore, the spread of diseases, especially COVID-19, spreads relentlessly. Scarce and contaminated water has been the leading cause of death of children in developing countries for the past three decades. With the introduction of COVID-19 the problem has just been exasperated and we now, more than ever, need to implement our sustainable clean water solution that is predicted to save and improve over 100,000 lives.
Solution: Our sustainable and cost saving method has the highest impact per dollar spent and is the most viable way to quickly solve and eradicate the death and suffering of the innocent school children of Kenya and Uganda.
Providing Clean Water may reduce hospital visits and deaths due to water borne diseases by 90%.
Providing handwashing stations will help curb the spread of COVID-19.
By paying local labor and using the amazing invention of the Village Drill we can place more wells than traditional drilling methods for the same cost.
Our deep-water wells eliminate the issue of wells that “dry up” by reaching into existing deep-water aquifers.

Schools need to be a safe place for children.
Low cost boreholes using the Village Drill technology is the sustainable solution

WHOlives has created a Service Learning Empathy Development (SLED) course for schools
across the United States. Our school assemblies and online classes teach empathy, the art of
walking in someone else's shoes, learning to understand their feelings and perspectives, and
then using that understanding to guide one's actions. Empathy is the most important skill that
can be taught and practiced at school to eliminate destructive and divisive behaviors. When a
child is empowered with empathy, they have the power to not only transform their life but to
also bring about fundamental social change with everyone they connect with. Right now, the
endless social media and news outlets broadcasting, and many times glorifying, the lack of
empathy is poisoning our children, destroying our schools, and devaluing our communities.
We teach our children that these messages do not have to be their future. We give a unique
and motivating approach on how to avoid judgments, take another's perspective, recognize
emotion, and use communication and understanding with others.
The goal is not to just teach the concepts but to help students actually practice empathy.
When the children realize the positive impact they can have on another person they eagerly
commit to give up one thing or offer one service so their parent(s) or guardian(s) can make a
$5/month donation. Each $5 donation will provide a child clean water for life. For most of the kids, this is their first experience of having a direct, positive impact on another person. When they experience that joy, the desire to bully, tease, or ignore someone because they are different goes away. The SLED assembly is highly interactive. Students hear personal stories, engage in stimulating media, and see the actual shoes (dirty and worn) of the African kids that are introduced. They imagine themselves putting on those dirty, worn shoes, and taking the walk for water. One of the most powerful stories they hear is how women and girls often have to trade sex for water. (see attached article). We have also heard stories of crocodiles and other wild animals hurting and often killing these innocent women and girls as they walk long distances for water, often 2 to 3 miles