Rain falls on every school roof. We help it reach the classroom.
Island schools in Eastern Samar and Dinagat have no piped water. We build gutters, tanks and filter taps that catch the rain, so pupils drink and wash at school instead of carrying water from home.
Tanks for Suluan and Hernani
Two catchment systems: 15,000 litres for 232 pupils
₱968,400 raised of ₱1,450,000
- 66% of the goal
- 612 donors
- 32 days left
Since 2019
- 7 schools with water running
- 1,243 pupils who no longer carry water to class
- 90,000 litres of tank storage
- 3.8M litres caught a year, from 3,000 mm of rain
How a catchment works
Four parts, in the order the rain meets them. Each school gets the same design, sized to its roof and its pupils.
1
Roof and gutters
Rain runs off the classroom roof into gutters and down one pipe.
2
First flush
The first few litres wash dust and leaves off the roof. A capped pipe catches them and keeps them out of the tank.
3
Tank
The clean rain fills a covered tank: 5,000 to 15,000 litres, enough to last a school through the dry weeks.
4
Filter tap
A ceramic filter at the tap takes out what is left, so the water is safe to drink and to wash hands.
Open campaigns
Each campaign builds for named schools. The tank shows how far each one has to go.
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Tanks for Suluan and Hernani
Two catchment systems: 15,000 litres for 232 pupils
₱968,400 raised of ₱1,450,000
- 66% of the goal
- 612 donors
- 32 days left
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Dinagat before the rains
One 15,000 litre system for 190 pupils
₱214,500 raised of ₱980,000
- 21% of the goal
- 143 donors
- 138 days left
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Filters for every classroom
Two cartridge changes for 31 taps at seven schools
₱297,250 raised of ₱360,000
- 82% of the goal
- 389 donors
- 17 days left
Where we work
Ten schools on six islands. Most are an hour or more by boat from the nearest town water.
What your gift buys
Real prices from our last builds, including the boat. Choose one and the Donate page starts with that amount.
Where each peso went in 2025
From ₱5.2M spent. Our accounts are audited every year; ask us for the full statements.
- 81% Schools and water ₱4.21M
- 12% Raising funds ₱0.62M
- 7% Running the office ₱0.37M
Stories from the schools
What a tank changes, how we choose a school, and where the money went.
Where the money went in 2025
Buraway Primary School
A maintenance day on Manicani
Why we stopped building concrete tanks
Lend a hand on build days
Twice a month we cross to the islands to build, clean gutters, change filters and test the water. Plumbers, carpenters and nurses are especially welcome; so is anyone who can carry a bag of cement.