The Water Project inspires Bristow student to help

Abi Connor. Photo YCSchoolPhotos

WEST HARTFORD - Abi Conner, an eighth grader at Bristow Middle School wants to raise $15,000 to fund a clean water project in Africa.

Connor's fundraising efforts will support The Water Project, an organization that builds fresh water pumps, water purifiers, and sand dams in Africa.Connor is also getting fundraising guidance from RandomKid, and organization that helps kids help others.

Connor has set up a Facebook page, Wheels for Wells Africa, and has a Tumblr blog www.wheelsforwells.tumblr.com. Both sites will gather donations and track the project's progress.  

“Because of contaminated drinking water, many children in Africa are too sick to go to school, so they don’t get a good education," said Connor. "Lots of girls can’t go to school even if  they aren’t sick because they have to collect water all day."

Connor's goal is to extend her fundraising reach by linking local friend networks to others -friends of friends, etc.- across the country and around the world. 

Connor already raised $1,240 through her church youth group by selling ecofriendly, reusable Vapur bottles. Find updates online, by visiting  www.wheelsforwells.tumblr.com or www.facebook.com/pages/Wheels-for-Wells-Africa.

For more facts on clean water in the world, visit  cleanwaterfortheworld.org/faq/

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