Ensoko DEB Primary School

Ensoko is a primary school is made up of about 257 students, ages 4-13 years. This school was an example of very grim, desperate conditions. Prior to Sweetwater’s installation of a 5,000L tank, the children competed with the community to collect water at a very small spring across the road from the school, in addition to collecting water from a run-off on the school grounds that was downstream from the latrines, visibly soiled, often seen with dead frogs at the very bottom. Because there is such an extreme limitation of water access, the students often fight and steal from each other. There are currently no methods for purifying the water. These students and teachers are incredibly grateful and happy to have the gutters and tank, and look forward to working with Sweetwater with health and hygiene, and purification system.  

“Teacher, can’t you just get us some good water we are suffering.”  -Ensoko students