Huntington's L.I. School for The Gifted Aim to Bring West Africa Clean Water

Students at Huntington’s Long Island School for the Gifted will participate in Water Collective’s Laps for Taps Challenge on Wednesday, Oct. 8.

The event aims to raise awareness and funds for 2,500 people of Mundame without clean water in Southwest Cameroon, a school officials said.

According to a new release:

The people of Mundame suffer from waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid, and often make up to 10 trips per day to collect water. The 240 students of LISG will walk around the school’s field with two liters of filled containers to mimic the walk for water that occupies 40 billion hours every year for those without clean water access in Africa. Awareness and fundraising surrounding the event will raise funds to build a clean water piped system for the village of Mundame.

LISG aims to raise $5,000 from their Laps for Taps Challenge. Leading up to the Oct. 8 challenge day, students will be fundraising through pledges and direct donations, including online.