Our Projects · Rainwater for WASH
Écoles bleues – Sri Lanka
With the Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum, four schools in Kurunegala District use rainwater for safe water, hygiene and learning.
In Sri Lanka, recurring droughts and floods weaken communities' ability to manage water. Droughts reduce supply and increase pollution, while floods contaminate drinking water sources. Schools need reliable water for drinking, handwashing and clean toilets. Reliable water also supports menstrual health, which helps girls in particular to learn in safe and dignified conditions.
A Blue School is more than a school with water. It is a place where rainwater becomes a catalyst for sustainable change. In Sri Lanka, with LRWHF, we: – install rooftop rainwater harvesting systems in four schools; – run community awareness programmes – 23 so far; – monitor water quality at 23 water sources, so that the water stays safe; – apply the wider Blue School approach, which links water with sanitation, hygiene, school gardens and environmental education to verify: which components are included in Sri Lanka.
IRHA created the Blue School concept in 2007. Since then, IRHA has supported 72 Blue Schools directly. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and its partners later took up the approach and applied it in many more schools.
බිඳෙන් බිඳ කළේ පිරේ.
“Drop by drop, the pot fills.”
Sinhala proverbproverb: wording and translation to check with our local partner
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Help communities catch, store and use the rain.
