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Completed: Textbooks and clean water for schools in Besseye-Lar, Chad

Before STELAS became involved in Besseye, neither school had access to clean water.  Children were forced to use water from a muddy hole, putting them at risk from waterborne diseases and malaria.  With funding provided by a partner organization, Drop in the Bucket, STELAS drilled a well for the primary school.  Another partnership (Drs. Goodman and Partridge, OB/GYN, Chandler, Arizona, U.S.) provided funding for health education.

Parents of the children of Besseye-Lar formed an association which pays teachers—mainly in kind—but cannot afford textbooks.  Teaching has been based mainly on memorization, with corporal punishment to help it along.  In December, 2008 STELAS provided science, math, and language textbooks for half the students in the senior class (275 books).