The Rotary Club of Kuching Central handed over clean water systems for 10 primary schools in the Lundu area, benefiting over 1200 students and staff. This Clean Water Filtration System project was a collaboration with the Malaysian Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Safewater Asia Sdn Bhd. A simple handover for all schools was conducted at SK Holy Name.
The systems provided are simple to use and maintain, and would provide the school and students a reliable source of clean water up to several years while waiting for a longer-term solution from the government. This would help to alleviate the beneficiaries’ and their parents’ concerns about water-borne diseases and their children’s health. This could also help reduce the burden on the local water system.
Water, sanitation and health remains one of RCKC’s areas of focus and we look to carry out more meaningful projects like these through the Magic of Rotary.
