Why a borehole means more girls in school

Before the borehole was installed in Khoswe village, girls in households without an older sibling to help would lose, on average, four hours a day to water collection. Many missed school entirely. Within a year of installing two solar-powered pumps in the district, school attendance among girls aged 9 to 14 rose by 28%.

This is the multiplier effect of clean water that rarely shows up in pitch decks: it returns time. Time becomes school. School becomes opportunity. Opportunity, eventually, becomes a different future.