With the support of Arca Continental and the Coca-Cola Mexico Foundation, an investment of 1.9 million pesos was allocated to six new educational institutions that will implement the “Schools with Water” project in Durango. The system will save water for six months of the year; 21 educational institutions in the state already have this system.
The head of the Durango State Education Secretariat (SEED), Guillermo Adame Calderón, emphasized that this project promotes environmental education among the state’s elementary school students.
Learning to respect children and making them aware that the environment can one day end and that it is our obligation to protect it is part of what we seek with this type of mechanism. Guillermo Adame Calderón
The water-saving system has been installed in various municipalities in the state, such as Gómez Palacio, Vicente Guerrero, and Durango, among others, so that the water collected from rain can be used for bathrooms, cleaning, and watering gardens. Recently, the Niños Héroes Elementary School joined the institutions benefiting from this program.
With a total investment of 1.9 million pesos, these facilities will benefit more than 2,000 students and will allow for the collection of more than 1 million liters of rainwater per year, equivalent to 100 water trucks. Depending on rainfall conditions and usage, this will be enough to cover three to five months of water needs in the schools.
The program is complemented by educational workshops for students, teachers, and families, with the aim of fostering a culture of responsible water use that transcends the classroom and extends to homes.
The director of the Northern Region of Arca Continental Mexico, David Reyna Cantú, highlighted the social commitment to making a positive difference in the communities where they operate.
The installation of these rainwater harvesting systems is a clear example of how, when we join forces, as we are doing today with the State Government, we can transform the school environment and provide new generations with access to clean water and better conditions for learning and development. David Reyna Cantú
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