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Mission Statement

Why?

Goals

Statistics

Costs

Cause & Impact

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Solution

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Mission Statement

Our objective is to distribute water purifiers to schools with the aim of positively impacting the lives of students and raising awareness about water-related concerns. We strive to foster collaboration, education, and proactive measures within schools, empowering students and educators to address a plethora challenges and take action.

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Why do we need water purifiers?

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  • Water purifiers ensure clean, safe drinking water by eliminating harmful bacteria and preventing illnesses.
  • Installing a water purifier is practical, easy to maintain, and cost-effective.

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Statistics

  • Only 47% of the schools in india have access to drinking water so 53% of schools don’t.�
  • 718 districts out of 766 districts in india are affected by extreme water depletion.

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About 42 thousand government schools in India lack supply to clean water.��About 2 lakh people die every year due to inadequate supply to clean water in India.

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  • Every small change, makes a BIG Difference to someone’s life.�Hoping to make the first small change by July.

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  • We plan to start off with little goals and gradually Expand.

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Short-term Goals

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  • Partner with NGOs & CSR officers for collaborative efforts & resources.
  • Sanitation water programmes in and beyond schools.We would like to scale enough so as to address other major problems.
  • Workshops and training practices for water conservation and sanity practices.

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Long-term Goals

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  • Extreme water stress
  • Contaminated surface water
  • Lack of access to purified piped water
  • Poverty
  • Lack of knowledge about contamination of water
  • Not enough funds to afford such things
  • Overpopulation

Causes for Lack of Clean Drinking Water

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  • Children will get safe drinking water.
  • Spread awareness of this issue.
  • Inspire people to take similar action.

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Impacts

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  • A water purifier maintenance can cost anywhere between ₹2,000 to ₹6,000 per year.�
  • Costs of purifiers: 2,500 onwards for purifiers which can produce 30-45 litres per hour.

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  • The price range for advanced purification systems are between ₹10,000 to ₹20,000 for purifiers that can purify and provide between 50-100 litres of water per hour.

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Costs

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Solution

  • We plan on raising funds by contacting family, friends and Harvard YLC members.
  • Insightful messages and posters will be hung next to the water purifiers.
  • Schools that need water purifiers will be identified and installed accordingly.
  • All the interested donors will be added to a WhatsApp group, or directly donate an amount.

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What we as a team have achieved

Provided aid to 2 schools consequently impacting the lives of 90 government school students.

  • School 1: Humara Gurukul 1 (HG1), behind DPSI School, Golf Course extension road

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  • School 2: Humara Gurukul 2 (HG2), Golf Course extension road, in front of JMD Empire

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Key Takeaways from YLC

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  • People Skills
  • Communication
  • Leadership Styles
  • Out of Box Thinking
  • Goal-Setting
  • College - Counselling

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Acknowledgements

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Japesh Patel: Harvard University, Cambridge

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Aarush Goyal: MCTM International School, Chennai

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Aadvwaya Passi: The Shri Ram School, Moulsari

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Gatik Kumar: Heritage Xperiential Learning School, Gurgaon

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Aasmi Sachdeva: GD Goekna Public School, Delhi

Mannat Arora: The Shri Ram School, Aravali

Manan Poddar: Shiv Nadar School, Gurugram

Samara Shree Cathedral and John connon school: Mumbai

Anvi Jha: The Shriram Millennium, Noida

Navya Chaudhary: Scottish High International, Gurgaon

Mustafa Rajkotwala: St Mary's School, Mumbai

Raghavi Luthra: Step by Step School, Noida

Vanshika Sharma: The Shri Ram School, Aravali

Aveer Kumar: The Shri Ram School, Aravali

Mudita Pradhan: The Shri Ram School, Aravali

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Bibliography

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To support our cause

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And incase anyone wants to donate

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THANK YOU�AquaAid

projectaquaaid

Projectaquaaid@gmail.com