Clovis students raising money to help bring clean drinking water to Thailand village

On Friday afternoon, astir 300 students astatine Gettysburg Elementary successful Clovis participated successful 4 interactive activities, including carrying a bucket of h2o for a 4th of a mile.

"I tin conscionable ideate present however pugnacious those kids successful Thailand indispensable beryllium carrying that h2o for longer than I did," said 1 student.

Experiences let them to recognize the hardships children and families successful different parts of the satellite look each day.

"Students person chosen to springiness up their recess clip to measurement into the shoes of a kid of bluish Thailand who has to transportation h2o each time and does not get to spell to school," said Kristyn Geisel.

These students are besides taking enactment to marque a quality with "Project Thailand", a fundraiser that volition assistance bring cleanable h2o to a tiny village.

"This magnitude of h2o is astir apt conscionable capable for you to portion during the day, lavation your hands, possibly navigator a little," said Giesel holding a subordinate with water.

Kristyn Giesel is the teacher moving the task successful concern with the Lanna Foundation, an enactment dedicated to gathering cleanable drinking h2o systems worldwide and supporting communities successful need.

Darlene Hanson with the instauration says it's encouraging to spot young students larn and enactment successful a task that volition marque a difference.

"It's truthful astonishing that children present are consenting to larn what goes connected successful different parts of the world," said Darlene Hanson with the Lanna Foundation.
The kids are inspired too.

"It feels awesome to cognize that I tin assistance radical adjacent though they are connected the different broadside of the world," said 1 third-grade student.

"I consciousness blessed that I get to enactment and amusement that I tin for different communities," said a sixth-grade student.

Once the task is complete, those who participated volition beryllium capable to spot the interaction they made.

"We volition get to spot pictures and videos, and the kids volition get to spot the faces and existent stories due to the fact that of our concern with the Lana foundation," said Giesel.

The extremity is to rise $15,000 for the project.

You tin enactment them by donating.