About the Partnership

The Water Learning Partnership is a collective effort by water researchers and educators to help secondary schools in sub Saharan Africa make the most of water as a learning topic. The initiative originated in Kwale County, Kenya where a multi-disciplinary groundwater research team came together with teachers, students and local industry partners to run weekly school water clubs.

 

The clubs tested out learning activities, went on local water-themed field trips, and conducted their own water research projects, which they presented at a workshop in Ukunda in 2018. The wide range of learning activities were collected into the Water Module, designed as a two-term course for secondary school environment clubs.

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The Water Module Educator Guide describes how the resource can also be used as a “dippable resource” for classroom science, geography, personal, social and health education. [All the resources are published under a Creative Commons License to allow adaptation by educators and can be found here.]

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In 2020, the Water Learning Partnership welcomed ISTP – an education training provider working in Cameroon – to the team. With their focus on learner-oriented and child-centered teaching/learning strategies, ISTP brought new insights to a second edition of the Water Module, now also adapted for wider relevance and usability. This website has been developed to showcase learning based on the resource.

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​Water Learning Partnership Schools

 

• Kingwede Girls School, Kenya

• Mivumoni Secondary School, Kenya

• Shimba Hills Secondary School, Kenya

• PSS Mankon, Cameroon

• PSS Bonaberi, Cameroon

• PCSS Bonamoussadi, Cameroon

• BHS Awae, Cameroon

• PCSS Mfou, Cameroon

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Research and Education Partners

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• University of Oxford (SoGE and SSEE)

• University of Nairobi

• ISTP Cameroon

• Education Training Africa

• Base Titanium Education/Sustainable Development

• Skat Foundation​